Who Was Alive

Were Humphry Davy and Karl Marx alive at the same time?

Yes. Humphry Davy and Karl Marx were alive at the same time for 11 years, from 1818 to 1829.

Humphry Davy was 39 when Karl Marx was born.

Karl Marx was 11 when Humphry Davy died, aged 50.

Humphry Davy

British chemist

Born 17 December 1778 · died 29 May 1829, aged 50

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

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