Who Was Alive

Were Adam Mickiewicz and Karl Marx alive at the same time?

Yes. Adam Mickiewicz and Karl Marx were alive at the same time for 37 years, from 1818 to 1855.

Adam Mickiewicz was 19 when Karl Marx was born.

Karl Marx was 37 when Adam Mickiewicz died, aged 56.

Adam Mickiewicz

Polish national poet, dramatist, essayist, publicist, translator, and political activist

Born 24 December 1798 · died 26 November 1855, aged 56

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

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