Who Was Alive

Were Alexander Pushkin and Karl Marx alive at the same time?

Yes. Alexander Pushkin and Karl Marx were alive at the same time for 18 years, from 1818 to 1837.

Alexander Pushkin was 18 when Karl Marx was born.

Karl Marx was 18 when Alexander Pushkin died, aged 37.

Alexander Pushkin

Russian poet, playwright, and novelist

Born 26 May 1799 (Julian calendar) · died 29 January 1837 (Julian calendar), aged 37

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

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