Who Was Alive

Were Karl Marx and Roald Amundsen alive at the same time?

Yes. Karl Marx and Roald Amundsen were alive at the same time for 10 years, from 1872 to 1883.

Karl Marx was 54 when Roald Amundsen was born.

Roald Amundsen was 10 when Karl Marx died, aged 64.

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

Roald Amundsen

Norwegian explorer; first person to reach the South Pole

Born 16 July 1872 · died c. 1928

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