Who Was Alive

Were Klemens von Metternich and Karl Marx alive at the same time?

Yes. Klemens von Metternich and Karl Marx were alive at the same time for 41 years, from 1818 to 1859.

Klemens von Metternich was 44 when Karl Marx was born.

Karl Marx was 41 when Klemens von Metternich died, aged 86.

Klemens von Metternich

Austrian diplomat, foreign minister and Chancellor

Born 15 May 1773 · died 11 June 1859, aged 86

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

  1. Napoleon
  2. Klemens von Metternich
  3. Abraham Lincoln
  4. Charles Darwin
  5. Karl Marx
  6. Leo Tolstoy
  7. Mahatma Gandhi
  8. Vladimir Lenin
  9. Albert Einstein
Klemens von Metternich and Karl Marx 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.