Who Was Alive

Were Karl Marx and Andrew Carnegie alive at the same time?

Yes. Karl Marx and Andrew Carnegie were alive at the same time for 47 years, from 1835 to 1883.

Karl Marx was 17 when Andrew Carnegie was born.

Andrew Carnegie was 47 when Karl Marx died, aged 64.

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

Andrew Carnegie

Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist

Born 25 November 1835 · died 11 August 1919, aged 83

  1. Napoleon
  2. Abraham Lincoln
  3. Karl Marx
  4. Andrew Carnegie
  5. Mahatma Gandhi
  6. Vladimir Lenin
  7. Albert Einstein
  8. Adolf Hitler
  9. Ronald Reagan
Karl Marx and Andrew Carnegie 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.