Who Was Alive

Were Thomas Robert Malthus and Karl Marx alive at the same time?

Yes. Thomas Robert Malthus and Karl Marx were alive at the same time for 16 years, from 1818 to 1834.

Thomas Robert Malthus was 52 when Karl Marx was born.

Karl Marx was 16 when Thomas Robert Malthus died, aged 68.

Thomas Robert Malthus

British political economist

Born 13–14 February 1766 · died 23 December 1834, aged 68

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

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