Karl Marx · Sitting Bull Were Karl Marx and Sitting Bull alive at the same time? Yes. Karl Marx and Sitting Bull were alive at the same time, from c. 1831 to 1883. Karl MarxGerman-born philosopherBorn 5 May 1818 · died 14 March 1883, aged 64Sitting BullHunkpapa Lakota medicine man and holy manBorn c. 1831 · died 15 December 1890 NapoleonAbraham LincolnKarl MarxSitting BullMahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf Hitler Karl Marx and Sitting Bull 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.