Who Was Alive

Were Karl Marx and Louisa May Alcott alive at the same time?

Yes. Karl Marx and Louisa May Alcott were alive at the same time for 50 years, from 1832 to 1883.

Karl Marx was 14 when Louisa May Alcott was born.

Louisa May Alcott was 50 when Karl Marx died, aged 64.

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

Louisa May Alcott

American novelist

Born 29 November 1832 · died 6 March 1888, aged 55

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