Karl Marx · Karl Adolph Gjellerup Were Karl Marx and Karl Adolph Gjellerup alive at the same time? Yes. Karl Marx and Karl Adolph Gjellerup were alive at the same time for 25 years, from 1857 to 1883. Karl Marx was 39 when Karl Adolph Gjellerup was born.Karl Adolph Gjellerup was 25 when Karl Marx died, aged 64. Karl MarxGerman-born philosopherBorn 5 May 1818 · died 14 March 1883, aged 64Karl Adolph GjellerupDanish writerBorn 2 June 1857 · died 11 October 1919, aged 62 NapoleonAbraham LincolnKarl MarxKarl Adolph GjellerupMahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerRonald Reagan Karl Marx and Karl Adolph Gjellerup 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.