Who Was Alive

Were Simón Bolívar and Karl Marx alive at the same time?

Yes. Simón Bolívar and Karl Marx were alive at the same time for 12 years, from 1818 to 1830.

Simón Bolívar was 34 when Karl Marx was born.

Karl Marx was 12 when Simón Bolívar died, aged 47.

Simón Bolívar

Venezuelan statesman and military officer

Born 24 July 1783 · died 17 December 1830, aged 47

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

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