Who Was Alive

Were Edward Jenner and Karl Marx alive at the same time?

Yes. Edward Jenner and Karl Marx were alive at the same time for 4 years, from 1818 to 1823.

Edward Jenner was 68 when Karl Marx was born.

Karl Marx was 4 when Edward Jenner died, aged 73.

Edward Jenner

English physician, scientist and pioneer of vaccination

Born 17 May 1749 · died 26 January 1823, aged 73

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

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