Who Was Alive

Were Sun Yat-sen and Adolf Hitler alive at the same time?

Yes. Sun Yat-sen and Adolf Hitler were alive at the same time for 35 years, from 1889 to 1925.

Sun Yat-sen was 22 when Adolf Hitler was born.

Adolf Hitler was 35 when Sun Yat-sen died, aged 58.

Sun Yat-sen

Chinese politician, physician, and revolutionary

Born 12 November 1866 · died 12 March 1925, aged 58

Adolf Hitler

Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945

Born 20 April 1889 · died 30 April 1945, aged 56

  1. Karl Marx
  2. Sun Yat-sen
  3. Mahatma Gandhi
  4. Vladimir Lenin
  5. Albert Einstein
  6. Adolf Hitler
  7. Ronald Reagan
  8. Nelson Mandela
Sun Yat-sen 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.