Who Was Alive

Were Louis Pasteur and Adolf Hitler alive at the same time?

Yes. Louis Pasteur and Adolf Hitler were alive at the same time for 6 years, from 1889 to 1895.

Louis Pasteur was 66 when Adolf Hitler was born.

Adolf Hitler was 6 when Louis Pasteur died, aged 72.

Louis Pasteur

French chemist and microbiologist

Born 27 December 1822 · died 28 September 1895, aged 72

Adolf Hitler

Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945

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

  1. Abraham Lincoln
  2. Karl Marx
  3. Louis Pasteur
  4. Mahatma Gandhi
  5. Vladimir Lenin
  6. Albert Einstein
  7. Adolf Hitler
  8. Ronald Reagan
  9. Nelson Mandela
Louis Pasteur 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.