Who Was Alive

Were Auguste Comte and Karl Marx alive at the same time?

Yes. Auguste Comte and Karl Marx were alive at the same time for 39 years, from 1818 to 1857.

Auguste Comte was 20 when Karl Marx was born.

Karl Marx was 39 when Auguste Comte died, aged 59.

Auguste Comte

French philosopher, mathematician and sociologist

Born 19 January 1798 · died 5 September 1857, aged 59

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

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