Who Was Alive

Were Karl Marx and Marcel Proust alive at the same time?

Yes. Karl Marx and Marcel Proust were alive at the same time for 11 years, from 1871 to 1883.

Karl Marx was 53 when Marcel Proust was born.

Marcel Proust was 11 when Karl Marx died, aged 64.

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

Marcel Proust

French novelist, critic and essayist

Born 10 July 1871 · died 18 November 1922, aged 51

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