Who Was Alive

Were John Adams and Karl Marx alive at the same time?

Yes. John Adams and Karl Marx were alive at the same time for 8 years, from 1818 to 1826.

John Adams was 82 when Karl Marx was born.

Karl Marx was 8 when John Adams died, aged 90.

John Adams

Founding Father, U.S. president from 1797 to 1801

Born 19 October 1735 (Julian calendar) · died 4 July 1826, aged 90

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

  1. John Adams
  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
John Adams 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.