Who Was Alive

Were Pius VII and Karl Marx alive at the same time?

Yes. Pius VII and Karl Marx were alive at the same time for 5 years, from 1818 to 1823.

Pius VII was 75 when Karl Marx was born.

Karl Marx was 5 when Pius VII died, aged 81.

Pius VII

Head of the Catholic Church, ruler of the Papal States from 1800 to 1823

Born 14 August 1742 · died 20 August 1823, aged 81

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

  1. Pius VII
  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
Pius VII 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.