Who Was Alive

Were Giacomo Leopardi and Karl Marx alive at the same time?

Yes. Giacomo Leopardi and Karl Marx were alive at the same time for 19 years, from 1818 to 1837.

Giacomo Leopardi was 19 when Karl Marx was born.

Karl Marx was 19 when Giacomo Leopardi died, aged 38.

Giacomo Leopardi

Italian noble, poet, philosopher, and writer

Born 29 June 1798 · died 14 June 1837, aged 38

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

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