Who Was Alive

Were Charlotte Brontë and Karl Marx alive at the same time?

Yes. Charlotte Brontë and Karl Marx were alive at the same time for 36 years, from 1818 to 1855.

Charlotte Brontë was 2 when Karl Marx was born.

Karl Marx was 36 when Charlotte Brontë died, aged 38.

Charlotte Brontë

British novelist and poet

Born 21 April 1816 · died 31 March 1855, aged 38

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

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