Who Was Alive

Were Karl Marx and Thomas Henry Huxley alive at the same time?

Yes. Karl Marx and Thomas Henry Huxley were alive at the same time for 57 years, from 1825 to 1883.

Karl Marx was 6 when Thomas Henry Huxley was born.

Thomas Henry Huxley was 57 when Karl Marx died, aged 64.

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

Thomas Henry Huxley

British biologist and comparative anatomist

Born 4 May 1825 · died 29 June 1895, aged 70

  1. Napoleon
  2. Abraham Lincoln
  3. Karl Marx
  4. Thomas Henry Huxley
  5. Mahatma Gandhi
  6. Vladimir Lenin
  7. Albert Einstein
  8. Adolf Hitler
Karl Marx and Thomas Henry Huxley 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.