Who Was Alive

Were Rosa Luxemburg and Adolf Hitler alive at the same time?

Yes. Rosa Luxemburg and Adolf Hitler were alive at the same time for 29 years, from 1889 to 1919.

Rosa Luxemburg was 18 when Adolf Hitler was born.

Adolf Hitler was 29 when Rosa Luxemburg died, aged 47.

Rosa Luxemburg

Polish-German Marxist revolutionary

Born 5 March 1871 · died 15 January 1919, aged 47

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. Rosa Luxemburg
  5. Albert Einstein
  6. Adolf Hitler
  7. Ronald Reagan
  8. Nelson Mandela
Rosa Luxemburg 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.