Who Was Alive

Were André-Marie Ampère and Karl Marx alive at the same time?

Yes. André-Marie Ampère and Karl Marx were alive at the same time for 18 years, from 1818 to 1836.

André-Marie Ampère was 43 when Karl Marx was born.

Karl Marx was 18 when André-Marie Ampère died, aged 61.

André-Marie Ampère

French physicist and mathematician

Born 20 January 1775 · died 10 June 1836, aged 61

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

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