Who Was Alive

Were Jeremy Bentham and Karl Marx alive at the same time?

Yes. Jeremy Bentham and Karl Marx were alive at the same time for 14 years, from 1818 to 1832.

Jeremy Bentham was 70 when Karl Marx was born.

Karl Marx was 14 when Jeremy Bentham died, aged 84.

Jeremy Bentham

British philosopher, jurist, and social reformer

Born 15 February 1748 · died 6 June 1832, aged 84

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

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