Who Was Alive

Were Robert Schumann and Karl Marx alive at the same time?

Yes. Robert Schumann and Karl Marx were alive at the same time for 38 years, from 1818 to 1856.

Robert Schumann was 7 when Karl Marx was born.

Karl Marx was 38 when Robert Schumann died, aged 46.

Robert Schumann

German composer, pianist and critic

Born 8 June 1810 · died 29 July 1856, aged 46

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

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