Who Was Alive

Were Gregory XVI and Karl Marx alive at the same time?

Yes. Gregory XVI and Karl Marx were alive at the same time for 28 years, from 1818 to 1846.

Gregory XVI was 52 when Karl Marx was born.

Karl Marx was 28 when Gregory XVI died, aged 80.

Gregory XVI

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1831 to 1846

Born 18 September 1765 · died 1 June 1846, aged 80

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

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