Who Was Alive

Were Hans Christian Ørsted and Karl Marx alive at the same time?

Yes. Hans Christian Ørsted and Karl Marx were alive at the same time for 32 years, from 1818 to 1851.

Hans Christian Ørsted was 40 when Karl Marx was born.

Karl Marx was 32 when Hans Christian Ørsted died, aged 73.

Hans Christian Ørsted

Danish physicist and chemist

Born 14 August 1777 · died 9 March 1851, aged 73

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

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