Who Was Alive

Were Frederick Douglass and Karl Marx alive at the same time?

Yes. Frederick Douglass and Karl Marx were alive at the same time for 64 years, from 1818 to 1883.

Frederick Douglass was under a year old when Karl Marx was born.

Frederick Douglass was 65 when Karl Marx died, aged 64.

Frederick Douglass

African-American social reformer, writer, and abolitionist

Born 14 February 1818 · died 20 February 1895, aged 77

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

  1. Napoleon
  2. Abraham Lincoln
  3. Frederick Douglass
  4. Karl Marx
  5. Mahatma Gandhi
  6. Vladimir Lenin
  7. Albert Einstein
  8. Adolf Hitler
Frederick Douglass 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.