Who Was Alive

Were William Ewart Gladstone and Karl Marx alive at the same time?

Yes. William Ewart Gladstone and Karl Marx were alive at the same time for 64 years, from 1818 to 1883.

William Ewart Gladstone was 8 when Karl Marx was born.

William Ewart Gladstone was 73 when Karl Marx died, aged 64.

William Ewart Gladstone

British Liberal prime minister

Born 29 December 1809 · died 19 May 1898, aged 88

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

  1. Napoleon
  2. Abraham Lincoln
  3. William Ewart Gladstone
  4. Karl Marx
  5. Mahatma Gandhi
  6. Vladimir Lenin
  7. Albert Einstein
  8. Adolf Hitler
William Ewart Gladstone 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.