Who Was Alive

Were Shaka Zulu and Karl Marx alive at the same time?

Yes. Shaka Zulu and Karl Marx were alive at the same time for 10 years, from 1818 to 1828.

Karl Marx was 10 when Shaka Zulu died.

Shaka Zulu

Leader of the Zulu Kingdom

Born 1785–1789 · died 22–24 September 1828

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

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