Who Was Alive

Were Karl Marx and Lesya Ukrainka alive at the same time?

Yes. Karl Marx and Lesya Ukrainka were alive at the same time for 12 years, from 1871 to 1883.

Karl Marx was 52 when Lesya Ukrainka was born.

Lesya Ukrainka was 12 when Karl Marx died, aged 64.

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

Lesya Ukrainka

Ukrainian poet, writer and feminist

Born 13 February 1871 (Julian calendar) · died 1 August 1913, aged 42

  1. Napoleon
  2. Abraham Lincoln
  3. Karl Marx
  4. Mahatma Gandhi
  5. Vladimir Lenin
  6. Lesya Ukrainka
  7. Albert Einstein
  8. Adolf Hitler
  9. Ronald Reagan
Karl Marx and Lesya Ukrainka 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.