Who Was Alive

Were Karl Marx and William Howard Taft alive at the same time?

Yes. Karl Marx and William Howard Taft were alive at the same time for 25 years, from 1857 to 1883.

Karl Marx was 39 when William Howard Taft was born.

William Howard Taft was 25 when Karl Marx died, aged 64.

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

William Howard Taft

27th President of the United States from 1909 to 1913

Born 15 September 1857 · died 8 March 1930, aged 72

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