Who Was Alive

Were Max Stirner and Karl Marx alive at the same time?

Yes. Max Stirner and Karl Marx were alive at the same time for 38 years, from 1818 to 1856.

Max Stirner was 11 when Karl Marx was born.

Karl Marx was 38 when Max Stirner died, aged 49.

Max Stirner

German philosopher

Born 25 October 1806 · died 25–26 June 1856, aged 49

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

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