Who Was Alive

Were Zachary Taylor and Karl Marx alive at the same time?

Yes. Zachary Taylor and Karl Marx were alive at the same time for 32 years, from 1818 to 1850.

Zachary Taylor was 33 when Karl Marx was born.

Karl Marx was 32 when Zachary Taylor died, aged 65.

Zachary Taylor

President of the United States from 1849 to 1850

Born 24 November 1784 · died 9 July 1850, aged 65

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

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