Who Was Alive

Were Percy Bysshe Shelley and Karl Marx alive at the same time?

Yes. Percy Bysshe Shelley and Karl Marx were alive at the same time for 4 years, from 1818 to 1822.

Percy Bysshe Shelley was 25 when Karl Marx was born.

Karl Marx was 4 when Percy Bysshe Shelley died, aged 29.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

British Romantic poet

Born 4 August 1792 · died 8 July 1822, aged 29

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

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