Who Was Alive

Were James Fenimore Cooper and Karl Marx alive at the same time?

Yes. James Fenimore Cooper and Karl Marx were alive at the same time for 33 years, from 1818 to 1851.

James Fenimore Cooper was 28 when Karl Marx was born.

Karl Marx was 33 when James Fenimore Cooper died, aged 61.

James Fenimore Cooper

American writer

Born 15 September 1789 · died 14 September 1851, aged 61

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

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