Who Was Alive

Were Karl Marx and Paul von Hindenburg alive at the same time?

Yes. Karl Marx and Paul von Hindenburg were alive at the same time for 35 years, from 1847 to 1883.

Karl Marx was 29 when Paul von Hindenburg was born.

Paul von Hindenburg was 35 when Karl Marx died, aged 64.

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

Paul von Hindenburg

Prussian-German field marshal of the German Empire, statesman and president of Weimar Germany and Nazi Germany

Born 2 October 1847 · died 2 August 1934, aged 86

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