Who Was Alive

Were Ludwig van Beethoven and Karl Marx alive at the same time?

Yes. Ludwig van Beethoven and Karl Marx were alive at the same time for 8 years, from 1818 to 1827.

Karl Marx was 8 when Ludwig van Beethoven died.

Ludwig van Beethoven

German composer

Born c. 1770 · died 26 March 1827

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

  1. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  2. Ludwig van Beethoven
  3. Napoleon
  4. Abraham Lincoln
  5. Charles Darwin
  6. Karl Marx
  7. Mahatma Gandhi
  8. Vladimir Lenin
  9. Albert Einstein
Ludwig van Beethoven 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.