Who Was Alive

Were Karl Marx and Rabindranath Tagore alive at the same time?

Yes. Karl Marx and Rabindranath Tagore were alive at the same time for 21 years, from 1861 to 1883.

Karl Marx was 43 when Rabindranath Tagore was born.

Rabindranath Tagore was 21 when Karl Marx died, aged 64.

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

Rabindranath Tagore

Bengali poet, philosopher and polymath

Born 7 May 1861 · died 7 August 1941, aged 80

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  2. Abraham Lincoln
  3. Karl Marx
  4. Rabindranath Tagore
  5. Mahatma Gandhi
  6. Vladimir Lenin
  7. Albert Einstein
  8. Adolf Hitler
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Karl Marx and Rabindranath Tagore 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.