Karl Marx · Giosuè Carducci Were Karl Marx and Giosuè Carducci alive at the same time? Yes. Karl Marx and Giosuè Carducci were alive at the same time for 47 years, from 1835 to 1883. Karl Marx was 17 when Giosuè Carducci was born.Giosuè Carducci was 47 when Karl Marx died, aged 64. Karl MarxGerman-born philosopherBorn 5 May 1818 · died 14 March 1883, aged 64Giosuè CarducciItalian poet and literary criticBorn 27 July 1835 · died 16 February 1907, aged 71 NapoleonAbraham LincolnKarl MarxGiosuè CarducciMahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf Hitler Karl Marx and Giosuè Carducci 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.