Who Was Alive

Were Jacques-Louis David and Karl Marx alive at the same time?

Yes. Jacques-Louis David and Karl Marx were alive at the same time for 7 years, from 1818 to 1825.

Jacques-Louis David was 69 when Karl Marx was born.

Karl Marx was 7 when Jacques-Louis David died, aged 77.

Jacques-Louis David

French painter

Born 30 August 1748 · died 29 December 1825, aged 77

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

  1. Jacques-Louis David
  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
Jacques-Louis David 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.