Who Was Alive

Were Nikolai Gogol and Karl Marx alive at the same time?

Yes. Nikolai Gogol and Karl Marx were alive at the same time for 33 or 34 years, from 1818 to 1851–1852.

Nikolai Gogol was 8 or 9 when Karl Marx was born.

Karl Marx was 33 or 34 when Nikolai Gogol died, aged 42 or 43.

Nikolai Gogol

Russian writer of Ukrainian origin

Born 1808–1809 (Julian calendar) · died 1851–1852 (Julian calendar), aged 42 or 43

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

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