Who Was Alive

Were Karl Marx and James Prescott Joule alive at the same time?

Yes. Karl Marx and James Prescott Joule were alive at the same time for 64 years, from 1818 to 1883.

Karl Marx was under a year old when James Prescott Joule was born.

Both were 64 when Karl Marx died.

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

James Prescott Joule

English physicist and brewer

Born 24 December 1818 · died 11 October 1889, aged 70

  1. Napoleon
  2. Abraham Lincoln
  3. Karl Marx
  4. James Prescott Joule
  5. Mahatma Gandhi
  6. Vladimir Lenin
  7. Albert Einstein
  8. Adolf Hitler
Karl Marx and James Prescott Joule 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.