Who Was Alive

Were Karl Marx and Sun Yat-sen alive at the same time?

Yes. Karl Marx and Sun Yat-sen were alive at the same time for 16 years, from 1866 to 1883.

Karl Marx was 48 when Sun Yat-sen was born.

Sun Yat-sen was 16 when Karl Marx died, aged 64.

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

Sun Yat-sen

Chinese politician, physician, and revolutionary

Born 12 November 1866 · died 12 March 1925, aged 58

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