Who Was Alive

Were Walter Scott and Karl Marx alive at the same time?

Yes. Walter Scott and Karl Marx were alive at the same time for 14 years, from 1818 to 1832.

Walter Scott was 46 when Karl Marx was born.

Karl Marx was 14 when Walter Scott died, aged 61.

Walter Scott

Scottish novelist, poet and playwright

Born 15 August 1771 · died 21 September 1832, aged 61

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

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