Who Was Alive

Were Knut Hamsun and Adolf Hitler alive at the same time?

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

Knut Hamsun was 29 when Adolf Hitler was born.

Knut Hamsun was 85 when Adolf Hitler died, aged 56.

Knut Hamsun

Norwegian novelist

Born 4 August 1859 · died 19 February 1952, aged 92

Adolf Hitler

Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945

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

  1. Karl Marx
  2. Knut Hamsun
  3. Mahatma Gandhi
  4. Vladimir Lenin
  5. Albert Einstein
  6. Adolf Hitler
  7. Ronald Reagan
  8. Nelson Mandela
  9. Donald Trump
Knut Hamsun 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.