Who Was Alive

Were Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling and Karl Marx alive at the same time?

Yes. Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling and Karl Marx were alive at the same time for 36 years, from 1818 to 1854.

Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling was 43 when Karl Marx was born.

Karl Marx was 36 when Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling died, aged 79.

Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling

German philosopher

Born 27 January 1775 · died 20 August 1854, aged 79

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

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