Who Was Alive

Were Karl Marx and Louis Pasteur alive at the same time?

Yes. Karl Marx and Louis Pasteur were alive at the same time for 60 years, from 1822 to 1883.

Karl Marx was 4 when Louis Pasteur was born.

Louis Pasteur was 60 when Karl Marx died, aged 64.

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

Louis Pasteur

French chemist and microbiologist

Born 27 December 1822 · died 28 September 1895, aged 72

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