Who Was Alive

Were Henry David Thoreau and Karl Marx alive at the same time?

Yes. Henry David Thoreau and Karl Marx were alive at the same time for 44 years, from 1818 to 1862.

Henry David Thoreau was under a year old when Karl Marx was born.

Both were 44 when Henry David Thoreau died.

Henry David Thoreau

American essayist, poet, and philosopher

Born 12 July 1817 · died 6 May 1862, aged 44

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

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