Who Was Alive

Were James Madison and Karl Marx alive at the same time?

Yes. James Madison and Karl Marx were alive at the same time for 18 years, from 1818 to 1836.

James Madison was 67 when Karl Marx was born.

Karl Marx was 18 when James Madison died, aged 85.

James Madison

President of the United States from 1809 to 1817

Born 16 March 1751 · died 28 June 1836, aged 85

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

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