Who Was Alive

Were Karl Marx and Aurobindo Ghosh alive at the same time?

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

Karl Marx was 54 when Aurobindo Ghosh was born.

Aurobindo Ghosh was 10 when Karl Marx died, aged 64.

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

Aurobindo Ghosh

Indian Bengali philosopher, yogi, maharishi, poet and nationalist

Born 15 August 1872 · died 5 December 1950, aged 78

  1. Napoleon
  2. Abraham Lincoln
  3. Karl Marx
  4. Mahatma Gandhi
  5. Vladimir Lenin
  6. Aurobindo Ghosh
  7. Albert Einstein
  8. Adolf Hitler
  9. Ronald Reagan
  10. Donald Trump
Karl Marx and Aurobindo Ghosh 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.