Who Was Alive

Were Karl Marx and James A. Garfield alive at the same time?

Yes. Karl Marx and James A. Garfield were alive at the same time for 49 years, from 1831 to 1881.

Karl Marx was 13 when James A. Garfield was born.

Karl Marx was 63 when James A. Garfield died, aged 49.

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

James A. Garfield

President of the United States in 1881

Born 19 November 1831 · died 19 September 1881, aged 49

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