Karl Marx · Anatole France Were Karl Marx and Anatole France alive at the same time? Yes. Karl Marx and Anatole France were alive at the same time for 38 years, from 1844 to 1883. Karl Marx was 25 when Anatole France was born.Anatole France was 38 when Karl Marx died, aged 64. Karl MarxGerman-born philosopherBorn 5 May 1818 · died 14 March 1883, aged 64Anatole FranceFrench writerBorn 16 April 1844 · died 12 October 1924, aged 80 NapoleonAbraham LincolnKarl MarxAnatole FranceMahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerRonald Reagan Karl Marx and Anatole France 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.