Who Was Alive

Were Thomas Jefferson and Karl Marx alive at the same time?

Yes. Thomas Jefferson and Karl Marx were alive at the same time for 8 years, from 1818 to 1826.

Thomas Jefferson was 75 when Karl Marx was born.

Karl Marx was 8 when Thomas Jefferson died, aged 83.

Thomas Jefferson

Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809

Born 2 April 1743 (Julian calendar) · died 4 July 1826, aged 83

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

  1. Thomas Jefferson
  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
Thomas Jefferson 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.