Who was born first, Adolf Hitler or Roald Dahl?

Adolf Hitler was born first, in 1889. Roald Dahl was born in 1916.

Adolf Hitler & Roald Dahl

Did Adolf Hitler and Roald Dahl live at the same time?

Yes. Adolf Hitler and Roald Dahl lived at the same time for 29 years, from 1916 to 1945.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Adolf Hitler · Roald Dahl · Born in 1889 · Born in 1916

Adolf Hitler

1889–1945

Politics & Leadership

Nazi dictator of Germany 1933–1945

Roald Dahl

1916–1990

Literature

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

18891990

Adolf Hitler

Roald Dahl

Adolf Hitler

Politics & Leadership

Born in Adolf Hitler's birth house

Died in Führerbunker

Roald Dahl

Literature

Born in Llandaff

Died in Oxford

World Events During Their Overlap

1917 Russian Revolution

1918 World War I ends; Spanish flu pandemic begins

1919 Treaty of Versailles signed

1920 League of Nations established

1928 Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin

1929 Wall Street Crash; Great Depression begins

1933 Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany

1936 Spanish Civil War begins

1939 World War II begins

1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor; US enters WWII

1944 D-Day: Allied invasion of Normandy

1945 Atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki; WWII ends

1945 United Nations founded

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Sources

Adolf Hitler — Wikipedia
Adolf Hitler (Q352) — Wikidata
Roald Dahl — Wikipedia
Roald Dahl (Q25161) — Wikidata