Who Was Alive

Were Felix Mendelssohn and Karl Marx alive at the same time?

Yes. Felix Mendelssohn and Karl Marx were alive at the same time for 29 years, from 1818 to 1847.

Felix Mendelssohn was 9 when Karl Marx was born.

Karl Marx was 29 when Felix Mendelssohn died, aged 38.

Felix Mendelssohn

German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of Jewish descent

Born 3 February 1809 · died 4 November 1847, aged 38

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

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