Who Was Alive

Were James Buchanan and Karl Marx alive at the same time?

Yes. James Buchanan and Karl Marx were alive at the same time for 50 years, from 1818 to 1868.

James Buchanan was 27 when Karl Marx was born.

Karl Marx was 50 when James Buchanan died, aged 77.

James Buchanan

President of the United States from 1857 to 1861

Born 23 April 1791 · died 1 June 1868, aged 77

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

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