Who Was Alive

Were Svante August Arrhenius and Adolf Hitler alive at the same time?

Yes. Svante August Arrhenius and Adolf Hitler were alive at the same time for 38 years, from 1889 to 1927.

Svante August Arrhenius was 30 when Adolf Hitler was born.

Adolf Hitler was 38 when Svante August Arrhenius died, aged 68.

Svante August Arrhenius

Swedish astronomer, chemist and physicist

Born 19 February 1859 · died 2 October 1927, aged 68

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. Svante August Arrhenius
  4. Mahatma Gandhi
  5. Vladimir Lenin
  6. Albert Einstein
  7. Adolf Hitler
  8. Ronald Reagan
  9. Nelson Mandela
Svante August Arrhenius 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.