Who Was Alive

Were David Ricardo and Karl Marx alive at the same time?

Yes. David Ricardo and Karl Marx were alive at the same time for 5 years, from 1818 to 1823.

David Ricardo was 46 when Karl Marx was born.

Karl Marx was 5 when David Ricardo died, aged 51.

David Ricardo

British banker, classical economist and politician

Born 18 April 1772 · died 11 September 1823, aged 51

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

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