Who Was Alive

Were Marcel Proust and Adolf Hitler alive at the same time?

Yes. Marcel Proust and Adolf Hitler were alive at the same time for 33 years, from 1889 to 1922.

Marcel Proust was 17 when Adolf Hitler was born.

Adolf Hitler was 33 when Marcel Proust died, aged 51.

Marcel Proust

French novelist, critic and essayist

Born 10 July 1871 · died 18 November 1922, aged 51

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. Marcel Proust
  5. Albert Einstein
  6. Adolf Hitler
  7. Ronald Reagan
  8. Nelson Mandela
Marcel Proust 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.