Who Was Alive

Were Carl Friedrich Gauss and Karl Marx alive at the same time?

Yes. Carl Friedrich Gauss and Karl Marx were alive at the same time for 36 years, from 1818 to 1855.

Carl Friedrich Gauss was 41 when Karl Marx was born.

Karl Marx was 36 when Carl Friedrich Gauss died, aged 77.

Carl Friedrich Gauss

German mathematician and physicist

Born 30 April 1777 · died 23 February 1855, aged 77

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

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