Who Was Alive

Were George Boole and Karl Marx alive at the same time?

Yes. George Boole and Karl Marx were alive at the same time for 46 years, from 1818 to 1864.

George Boole was 2 when Karl Marx was born.

Karl Marx was 46 when George Boole died, aged 49.

George Boole

English mathematician, philosopher and logician

Born 2 November 1815 · died 8 December 1864, aged 49

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

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