Who Was Alive

Were Karl Marx and Ivan Turgenev alive at the same time?

Yes. Karl Marx and Ivan Turgenev were alive at the same time for 64 years, from 1818 to 1883.

Karl Marx was under a year old when Ivan Turgenev was born.

Both were 64 when Karl Marx died.

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

Ivan Turgenev

Russian writer

Born 28 October 1818 (Julian calendar) · died 22 August 1883 (Julian calendar), aged 64

  1. Napoleon
  2. Abraham Lincoln
  3. Karl Marx
  4. Ivan Turgenev
  5. Mahatma Gandhi
  6. Vladimir Lenin
  7. Albert Einstein
Karl Marx and Ivan Turgenev 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.