Who Was Alive

Were Alexander von Humboldt and Karl Marx alive at the same time?

Yes. Alexander von Humboldt and Karl Marx were alive at the same time for 41 years, from 1818 to 1859.

Alexander von Humboldt was 48 when Karl Marx was born.

Karl Marx was 41 when Alexander von Humboldt died, aged 89.

Alexander von Humboldt

Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer

Born 14 September 1769 · died 6 May 1859, aged 89

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

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