Who Was Alive

Were Karl Marx and Leo Tolstoy alive at the same time?

Yes. Karl Marx and Leo Tolstoy were alive at the same time for 54 years, from 1828 to 1883.

Karl Marx was 10 when Leo Tolstoy was born.

Leo Tolstoy was 54 when Karl Marx died, aged 64.

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

Leo Tolstoy

Russian author

Born 28 August 1828 (Julian calendar) · died 7 November 1910 (Julian calendar), aged 82

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