Who Was Alive

Were Martin Van Buren and Karl Marx alive at the same time?

Yes. Martin Van Buren and Karl Marx were alive at the same time for 44 years, from 1818 to 1862.

Martin Van Buren was 35 when Karl Marx was born.

Karl Marx was 44 when Martin Van Buren died, aged 79.

Martin Van Buren

President of the United States from 1837 to 1841

Born 5 December 1782 · died 24 July 1862, aged 79

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

  1. Napoleon
  2. Martin Van Buren
  3. Abraham Lincoln
  4. Charles Darwin
  5. Karl Marx
  6. Leo Tolstoy
  7. Mahatma Gandhi
  8. Vladimir Lenin
  9. Albert Einstein
Martin Van Buren and Karl Marx 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.