Who Was Alive

Were Mikhail Lermontov and Karl Marx alive at the same time?

Yes. Mikhail Lermontov and Karl Marx were alive at the same time for 23 years, from 1818 to 1841.

Mikhail Lermontov was 3 when Karl Marx was born.

Karl Marx was 23 when Mikhail Lermontov died, aged 26.

Mikhail Lermontov

Russian writer, poet and painter

Born 3 October 1814 (Julian calendar) · died 15 July 1841 (Julian calendar), aged 26

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

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