Who Was Alive

Were Karl Marx and Calvin Coolidge alive at the same time?

Yes. Karl Marx and Calvin Coolidge were alive at the same time for 10 years, from 1872 to 1883.

Karl Marx was 54 when Calvin Coolidge was born.

Calvin Coolidge was 10 when Karl Marx died, aged 64.

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

Calvin Coolidge

President of the United States from 1923 to 1929

Born 4 July 1872 · died 5 January 1933, aged 60

  1. Napoleon
  2. Abraham Lincoln
  3. Karl Marx
  4. Mahatma Gandhi
  5. Vladimir Lenin
  6. Calvin Coolidge
  7. Albert Einstein
  8. Adolf Hitler
  9. Ronald Reagan
Karl Marx and Calvin Coolidge 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.