Who Was Alive

Were Karl Marx and Ulysses S. Grant alive at the same time?

Yes. Karl Marx and Ulysses S. Grant were alive at the same time for 60 years, from 1822 to 1883.

Karl Marx was 3 when Ulysses S. Grant was born.

Ulysses S. Grant was 60 when Karl Marx died, aged 64.

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

Ulysses S. Grant

President of the United States from 1869 to 1877

Born 27 April 1822 · died 23 July 1885, aged 63

  1. Napoleon
  2. Abraham Lincoln
  3. Karl Marx
  4. Ulysses S. Grant
  5. Mahatma Gandhi
  6. Vladimir Lenin
  7. Albert Einstein
Karl Marx and Ulysses S. Grant 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.