Who Was Alive

Were Karl Marx and Ferdinand de Saussure alive at the same time?

Yes. Karl Marx and Ferdinand de Saussure were alive at the same time for 25 years, from 1857 to 1883.

Karl Marx was 39 when Ferdinand de Saussure was born.

Ferdinand de Saussure was 25 when Karl Marx died, aged 64.

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

Ferdinand de Saussure

Swiss linguist and philosopher

Born 26 November 1857 · died 22 February 1913, aged 55

  1. Napoleon
  2. Abraham Lincoln
  3. Karl Marx
  4. Ferdinand de Saussure
  5. Mahatma Gandhi
  6. Vladimir Lenin
  7. Albert Einstein
  8. Adolf Hitler
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Karl Marx and Ferdinand de Saussure 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.