Who Was Alive

Were Joseph Fourier and Karl Marx alive at the same time?

Yes. Joseph Fourier and Karl Marx were alive at the same time for 12 years, from 1818 to 1830.

Joseph Fourier was 50 when Karl Marx was born.

Karl Marx was 12 when Joseph Fourier died, aged 62.

Joseph Fourier

French mathematician and physicist

Born 21 March 1768 · died 16 May 1830, aged 62

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

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