Who Was Alive

Were Karl Marx and Walt Whitman alive at the same time?

Yes. Karl Marx and Walt Whitman were alive at the same time for 63 years, from 1819 to 1883.

Karl Marx was 1 when Walt Whitman was born.

Walt Whitman was 63 when Karl Marx died, aged 64.

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

Walt Whitman

American poet, essayist and journalist

Born 31 May 1819 · died 26 March 1892, aged 72

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