Paul Cézanne · Adolf Hitler Were Paul Cézanne and Adolf Hitler alive at the same time? Yes. Paul Cézanne and Adolf Hitler were alive at the same time for 17 years, from 1889 to 1906. Paul Cézanne was 50 when Adolf Hitler was born.Adolf Hitler was 17 when Paul Cézanne died, aged 67. Paul CézanneFrench painterBorn 19 January 1839 · died 22 October 1906, aged 67Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56 Abraham LincolnKarl MarxPaul CézanneMahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerRonald ReaganNelson Mandela Paul Cézanne 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.