Who Was Alive

Were William Howard Taft and Adolf Hitler alive at the same time?

Yes. William Howard Taft and Adolf Hitler were alive at the same time for 40 years, from 1889 to 1930.

William Howard Taft was 31 when Adolf Hitler was born.

Adolf Hitler was 40 when William Howard Taft died, aged 72.

William Howard Taft

27th President of the United States from 1909 to 1913

Born 15 September 1857 · died 8 March 1930, aged 72

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. William Howard Taft
  4. Mahatma Gandhi
  5. Vladimir Lenin
  6. Albert Einstein
  7. Adolf Hitler
  8. Ronald Reagan
  9. Nelson Mandela
William Howard Taft 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.