Who Was Alive

Were Samuel Finley Breese Morse and Karl Marx alive at the same time?

Yes. Samuel Finley Breese Morse and Karl Marx were alive at the same time for 53 years, from 1818 to 1872.

Samuel Finley Breese Morse was 27 when Karl Marx was born.

Karl Marx was 53 when Samuel Finley Breese Morse died, aged 80.

Samuel Finley Breese Morse

American inventor and painter

Born 27 April 1791 · died 2 April 1872, aged 80

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

  1. Napoleon
  2. Samuel Finley Breese Morse
  3. Abraham Lincoln
  4. Karl Marx
  5. Mahatma Gandhi
  6. Vladimir Lenin
  7. Albert Einstein
Samuel Finley Breese Morse 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.