Who Was Alive

Were Heinrich Heine and Karl Marx alive at the same time?

Yes. Heinrich Heine and Karl Marx were alive at the same time for 37 years, from 1818 to 1856.

Heinrich Heine was 20 when Karl Marx was born.

Karl Marx was 37 when Heinrich Heine died, aged 58.

Heinrich Heine

German poet, writer and literary critic

Born 13 December 1797 · died 17 February 1856, aged 58

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

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