Who Was Alive

Were Karl Marx and Anne Brontë alive at the same time?

Yes. Karl Marx and Anne Brontë were alive at the same time for 29 years, from 1820 to 1849.

Karl Marx was 1 when Anne Brontë was born.

Karl Marx was 31 when Anne Brontë died, aged 29.

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

Anne Brontë

British novelist and poet

Born 17 January 1820 · died 28 May 1849, aged 29

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