Who Was Alive

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

Yes. James Monroe and Karl Marx were alive at the same time for 13 years, from 1818 to 1831.

James Monroe was 60 when Karl Marx was born.

Karl Marx was 13 when James Monroe died, aged 73.

James Monroe

President of the United States from 1817 to 1825

Born 28 April 1758 · died 4 July 1831, aged 73

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

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