Who Was Alive

Were Benedict XV and Adolf Hitler alive at the same time?

Yes. Benedict XV and Adolf Hitler were alive at the same time for 32 years, from 1889 to 1922.

Benedict XV was 34 when Adolf Hitler was born.

Adolf Hitler was 32 when Benedict XV died, aged 67.

Benedict XV

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1914 to 1922

Born 21 November 1854 · died 22 January 1922, aged 67

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. Benedict XV
  4. Mahatma Gandhi
  5. Vladimir Lenin
  6. Albert Einstein
  7. Adolf Hitler
  8. Ronald Reagan
  9. Nelson Mandela
Benedict XV 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.