Who Was Alive

Were Karl Marx and Leon Trotsky alive at the same time?

Yes. Karl Marx and Leon Trotsky were alive at the same time for 3 years, from 1879 to 1883.

Karl Marx was 61 when Leon Trotsky was born.

Leon Trotsky was 3 when Karl Marx died, aged 64.

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

Leon Trotsky

Russian Marxist revolutionary

Born 26 October 1879 (Julian calendar) · died 21 August 1940, aged 60

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