Who Was Alive

Were Karl Marx and Jane Addams alive at the same time?

Yes. Karl Marx and Jane Addams were alive at the same time for 22 years, from 1860 to 1883.

Karl Marx was 42 when Jane Addams was born.

Jane Addams was 22 when Karl Marx died, aged 64.

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

Jane Addams

American feminist social activist, reformer, social worker, sociologist, philosopher, and writer

Born 6 September 1860 · died 22 May 1935, aged 74

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