Who Was Alive

Were Abraham Lincoln and Karl Marx alive at the same time?

Yes. Abraham Lincoln and Karl Marx were alive at the same time for 46 years, from 1818 to 1865.

Abraham Lincoln was 9 when Karl Marx was born.

Karl Marx was 46 when Abraham Lincoln died, aged 56.

Abraham Lincoln

President of the United States from 1861 to 1865

Born 12 February 1809 · died 15 April 1865, aged 56

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

Born 5 May 1818 · died 14 March 1883, aged 64

  1. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  2. Napoleon
  3. Abraham Lincoln
  4. Charles Darwin
  5. Karl Marx
  6. Leo Tolstoy
  7. Mahatma Gandhi
  8. Vladimir Lenin
  9. Albert Einstein
Abraham Lincoln and Karl Marx 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.