Who Was Alive

Were Wilhelm von Humboldt and Karl Marx alive at the same time?

Yes. Wilhelm von Humboldt and Karl Marx were alive at the same time for 16 years, from 1818 to 1835.

Wilhelm von Humboldt was 50 when Karl Marx was born.

Karl Marx was 16 when Wilhelm von Humboldt died, aged 67.

Wilhelm von Humboldt

Prussian philosopher, government official, diplomat, and educator

Born 22 June 1767 · died 8 April 1835, aged 67

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

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