Who Was Alive

Were Alexis de Tocqueville and Karl Marx alive at the same time?

Yes. Alexis de Tocqueville and Karl Marx were alive at the same time for 40 years, from 1818 to 1859.

Alexis de Tocqueville was 12 when Karl Marx was born.

Karl Marx was 40 when Alexis de Tocqueville died, aged 53.

Alexis de Tocqueville

French political thinker and historian, minister of Foreign Affairs

Born 29 July 1805 · died 16 April 1859, aged 53

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

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