Who Was Alive

Were Napoleon and Karl Marx alive at the same time?

Yes. Napoleon and Karl Marx were alive at the same time for 3 years, from 1818 to 1821.

Napoleon was 48 when Karl Marx was born.

Karl Marx was 3 when Napoleon died, aged 51.

Napoleon

French military leader, French Emperor 1804–1814 and again in 1815

Born 15 August 1769 · died 5 May 1821, aged 51

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

  1. George Washington
  2. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  3. Napoleon
  4. Abraham Lincoln
  5. Charles Darwin
  6. Karl Marx
  7. Mahatma Gandhi
  8. Vladimir Lenin
  9. Albert Einstein
Napoleon 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.