Who Was Alive

Were Karl Marx and Chester A. Arthur alive at the same time?

Yes. Karl Marx and Chester A. Arthur were alive at the same time for 53 years, from 1829 to 1883.

Karl Marx was 11 when Chester A. Arthur was born.

Chester A. Arthur was 53 when Karl Marx died, aged 64.

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

Chester A. Arthur

President of the United States from 1881 to 1885

Born 5 October 1829 · died 18 November 1886, aged 57

  1. Napoleon
  2. Abraham Lincoln
  3. Karl Marx
  4. Chester A. Arthur
  5. Mahatma Gandhi
  6. Vladimir Lenin
  7. Albert Einstein
Karl Marx and Chester A. Arthur 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.