Who Was Alive

Were Carl von Clausewitz and Karl Marx alive at the same time?

Yes. Carl von Clausewitz and Karl Marx were alive at the same time for 13 years, from 1818 to 1831.

Carl von Clausewitz was 37 when Karl Marx was born.

Karl Marx was 13 when Carl von Clausewitz died, aged 51.

Carl von Clausewitz

German-Prussian general and military theorist

Born 1 June 1780 · died 16 November 1831, aged 51

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

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