Who Was Alive

Were Søren Kierkegaard and Karl Marx alive at the same time?

Yes. Søren Kierkegaard and Karl Marx were alive at the same time for 37 years, from 1818 to 1855.

Søren Kierkegaard was 5 when Karl Marx was born.

Karl Marx was 37 when Søren Kierkegaard died, aged 42.

Søren Kierkegaard

Danish theologian, philosopher, poet and social critic

Born 5 May 1813 · died 11 November 1855, aged 42

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

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