Who Was Alive

Were Karl Marx and Muhammad Iqbal alive at the same time?

Yes. Karl Marx and Muhammad Iqbal were alive at the same time for 5 years, from 1877 to 1883.

Karl Marx was 59 when Muhammad Iqbal was born.

Muhammad Iqbal was 5 when Karl Marx died, aged 64.

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

Muhammad Iqbal

British-Indian Islamic philosopher, poet and politician

Born 9 November 1877 · died 21 April 1938, aged 60

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