Who Was Alive

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

Yes. John Tyler and Karl Marx were alive at the same time for 43 years, from 1818 to 1862.

John Tyler was 28 when Karl Marx was born.

Karl Marx was 43 when John Tyler died, aged 71.

John Tyler

President of the United States from 1841 to 1845

Born 29 March 1790 · died 18 January 1862, aged 71

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

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