Who Was Alive

Were Friedrich Hölderlin and Karl Marx alive at the same time?

Yes. Friedrich Hölderlin and Karl Marx were alive at the same time for 25 years, from 1818 to 1843.

Friedrich Hölderlin was 48 when Karl Marx was born.

Karl Marx was 25 when Friedrich Hölderlin died, aged 73.

Friedrich Hölderlin

German poet

Born 20 March 1770 · died 7 June 1843, aged 73

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

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