Who Was Alive

Were Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler alive at the same time?

Yes. Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler were alive at the same time for 56 years, from 1889 to 1945.

Joseph Stalin was 10 when Adolf Hitler was born.

Joseph Stalin was 66 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56.

Joseph Stalin

Politician and leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics from 1924 to 1953

Born 18 December 1878 · died 5 March 1953, aged 74

Adolf Hitler

Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945

Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56

  1. Karl Marx
  2. Mahatma Gandhi
  3. Vladimir Lenin
  4. Joseph Stalin
  5. Albert Einstein
  6. Adolf Hitler
  7. Ronald Reagan
  8. Nelson Mandela
  9. Donald Trump
  10. Vladimir Putin
Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries. Drag across to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.