Who Was Alive

Were Rainer Maria Rilke and Adolf Hitler alive at the same time?

Yes. Rainer Maria Rilke and Adolf Hitler were alive at the same time for 37 years, from 1889 to 1926.

Rainer Maria Rilke was 13 when Adolf Hitler was born.

Adolf Hitler was 37 when Rainer Maria Rilke died, aged 51.

Rainer Maria Rilke

Austrian poet and writer

Born 4 December 1875 · died 29 December 1926, 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. Rainer Maria Rilke
  5. Albert Einstein
  6. Adolf Hitler
  7. Ronald Reagan
  8. Nelson Mandela
Rainer Maria Rilke 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.