Who Was Alive

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

Yes. John Dalton and Karl Marx were alive at the same time for 26 years, from 1818 to 1844.

John Dalton was 51 when Karl Marx was born.

Karl Marx was 26 when John Dalton died, aged 77.

John Dalton

British chemist and mathematician

Born 6 September 1766 · died 27 July 1844, aged 77

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

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