Who Was Alive

Were Taras Shevchenko and Karl Marx alive at the same time?

Yes. Taras Shevchenko and Karl Marx were alive at the same time for 42 years, from 1818 to 1861.

Taras Shevchenko was 4 when Karl Marx was born.

Karl Marx was 42 when Taras Shevchenko died, aged 47.

Taras Shevchenko

Ukrainian poet and artist

Born 25 February 1814 (Julian calendar) · died 26 February 1861 (Julian calendar), aged 47

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

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