Who Was Alive

Were Thomas Young and Karl Marx alive at the same time?

Yes. Thomas Young and Karl Marx were alive at the same time for 11 years, from 1818 to 1829.

Thomas Young was 44 when Karl Marx was born.

Karl Marx was 11 when Thomas Young died, aged 55.

Thomas Young

English polymath

Born 13 June 1773 · died 10 May 1829, aged 55

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

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