Who Was Alive

Were Niels Henrik Abel and Karl Marx alive at the same time?

Yes. Niels Henrik Abel and Karl Marx were alive at the same time for 10 years, from 1818 to 1829.

Niels Henrik Abel was 15 when Karl Marx was born.

Karl Marx was 10 when Niels Henrik Abel died, aged 26.

Niels Henrik Abel

Norwegian mathematician

Born 5 August 1802 · died 6 April 1829, aged 26

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

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