Who Was Alive

Were Franklin Pierce and Karl Marx alive at the same time?

Yes. Franklin Pierce and Karl Marx were alive at the same time for 51 years, from 1818 to 1869.

Franklin Pierce was 13 when Karl Marx was born.

Karl Marx was 51 when Franklin Pierce died, aged 64.

Franklin Pierce

President of the United States from 1853 to 1857

Born 23 November 1804 · died 8 October 1869, aged 64

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

  1. Napoleon
  2. Franklin Pierce
  3. Abraham Lincoln
  4. Karl Marx
  5. Leo Tolstoy
  6. Mahatma Gandhi
  7. Vladimir Lenin
  8. Albert Einstein
Franklin Pierce 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.