Who Was Alive

Were John Keats and Karl Marx alive at the same time?

Yes. John Keats and Karl Marx were alive at the same time for 2 years, from 1818 to 1821.

John Keats was 22 when Karl Marx was born.

Karl Marx was 2 when John Keats died, aged 25.

John Keats

English Romantic poet

Born 31 October 1795 · died 23 February 1821, aged 25

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

  1. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  2. Napoleon
  3. John Keats
  4. Abraham Lincoln
  5. Charles Darwin
  6. Karl Marx
  7. Mahatma Gandhi
  8. Vladimir Lenin
  9. Albert Einstein
John Keats 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.