Who Was Alive

Were Karl Marx and Theodore Roosevelt alive at the same time?

Yes. Karl Marx and Theodore Roosevelt were alive at the same time for 24 years, from 1858 to 1883.

Karl Marx was 40 when Theodore Roosevelt was born.

Theodore Roosevelt was 24 when Karl Marx died, aged 64.

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

Theodore Roosevelt

26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909

Born 27 October 1858 · died 6 January 1919, aged 60

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