Who Was Alive

Were Baháʼu'lláh and Karl Marx alive at the same time?

Yes. Baháʼu'lláh and Karl Marx were alive at the same time for 64 years, from 1818 to 1883.

Baháʼu'lláh was about a year old when Karl Marx was born.

Baháʼu'lláh was 65 or 66 when Karl Marx died, aged 64.

Baháʼu'lláh

Founder of the Bahá'í Faith

Born 1817 · died 1892, aged 74 or 75

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

  1. Napoleon
  2. Abraham Lincoln
  3. Baháʼu'lláh
  4. Karl Marx
  5. Mahatma Gandhi
  6. Vladimir Lenin
  7. Albert Einstein
  8. Adolf Hitler
Baháʼu'lláh 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.