Who Was Alive

Were Roald Amundsen and Adolf Hitler alive at the same time?

Yes. Roald Amundsen and Adolf Hitler were alive at the same time, from 1889 to c. 1928.

Roald Amundsen was 16 when Adolf Hitler was born.

Roald Amundsen

Norwegian explorer; first person to reach the South Pole

Born 16 July 1872 · died c. 1928

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. Roald Amundsen
  5. Albert Einstein
  6. Adolf Hitler
  7. Ronald Reagan
  8. Nelson Mandela
Roald Amundsen 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.