Who Was Alive

Were William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin and Adolf Hitler alive at the same time?

Yes. William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin and Adolf Hitler were alive at the same time for 18 years, from 1889 to 1907.

William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin was 63 when Adolf Hitler was born.

Adolf Hitler was 18 when William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin died, aged 82.

William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin

British physicist and engineer

Born 26 June 1825 · died 17 December 1907, aged 82

Adolf Hitler

Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945

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

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  7. Adolf Hitler
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William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin 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.