Who Was Alive

Were Pius IX and Karl Marx alive at the same time?

Yes. Pius IX and Karl Marx were alive at the same time for 59 years, from 1818 to 1878.

Pius IX was 25 when Karl Marx was born.

Karl Marx was 59 when Pius IX died, aged 85.

Pius IX

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1846 to 1878

Born 13 May 1792 · died 7 February 1878, aged 85

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

  1. Napoleon
  2. Pius IX
  3. Abraham Lincoln
  4. Karl Marx
  5. Mahatma Gandhi
  6. Vladimir Lenin
  7. Albert Einstein
Pius IX 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.