Who Was Alive

Were Otto von Bismarck and Karl Marx alive at the same time?

Yes. Otto von Bismarck and Karl Marx were alive at the same time for 64 years, from 1818 to 1883.

Otto von Bismarck was 3 when Karl Marx was born.

Otto von Bismarck was 67 when Karl Marx died, aged 64.

Otto von Bismarck

German statesman and Chancellor

Born 1 April 1815 · died 30 July 1898, aged 83

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

  1. Napoleon
  2. Abraham Lincoln
  3. Otto von Bismarck
  4. Karl Marx
  5. Mahatma Gandhi
  6. Vladimir Lenin
  7. Albert Einstein
  8. Adolf Hitler
Otto von Bismarck 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.