Who Was Alive

Were Edgar Allan Poe and Karl Marx alive at the same time?

Yes. Edgar Allan Poe and Karl Marx were alive at the same time for 31 years, from 1818 to 1849.

Edgar Allan Poe was 9 when Karl Marx was born.

Karl Marx was 31 when Edgar Allan Poe died, aged 40.

Edgar Allan Poe

American writer and literary critic

Born 19 January 1809 · died 7 October 1849, aged 40

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

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