Who Was Alive

Were Karl Marx and Robert Louis Stevenson alive at the same time?

Yes. Karl Marx and Robert Louis Stevenson were alive at the same time for 32 years, from 1850 to 1883.

Karl Marx was 32 when Robert Louis Stevenson was born.

Robert Louis Stevenson was 32 when Karl Marx died, aged 64.

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

Robert Louis Stevenson

Scottish novelist and poet

Born 13 November 1850 · died 3 December 1894, aged 44

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