Who Was Alive

Were Caspar David Friedrich and Karl Marx alive at the same time?

Yes. Caspar David Friedrich and Karl Marx were alive at the same time for 22 years, from 1818 to 1840.

Caspar David Friedrich was 43 when Karl Marx was born.

Karl Marx was 22 when Caspar David Friedrich died, aged 65.

Caspar David Friedrich

German Romantic landscape painter

Born 5 September 1774 · died 7 May 1840, aged 65

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

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