Who Was Alive

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

Yes. James Watt and Karl Marx were alive at the same time for 1 years, from 1818 to 1819.

James Watt was 82 when Karl Marx was born.

Karl Marx was 1 when James Watt died, aged 83.

James Watt

British engineer

Born 19 January 1736 · died 25 August 1819, aged 83

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

  1. James Watt
  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
James Watt 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.