Who Was Alive

Were Karl Marx and Lewis Carroll alive at the same time?

Yes. Karl Marx and Lewis Carroll were alive at the same time for 51 years, from 1832 to 1883.

Karl Marx was 13 when Lewis Carroll was born.

Lewis Carroll was 51 when Karl Marx died, aged 64.

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

Lewis Carroll

British author and scholar

Born 27 January 1832 · died 14 January 1898, aged 65

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