Who Was Alive

Were Karl Marx and Alfred Russel Wallace alive at the same time?

Yes. Karl Marx and Alfred Russel Wallace were alive at the same time for 60 years, from 1823 to 1883.

Karl Marx was 4 when Alfred Russel Wallace was born.

Alfred Russel Wallace was 60 when Karl Marx died, aged 64.

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

Alfred Russel Wallace

British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist

Born 8 January 1823 · died 7 November 1913, aged 90

  1. Napoleon
  2. Abraham Lincoln
  3. Karl Marx
  4. Alfred Russel Wallace
  5. Mahatma Gandhi
  6. Vladimir Lenin
  7. Albert Einstein
  8. Adolf Hitler
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Karl Marx and Alfred Russel Wallace 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.