Who Was Alive

Were Washington Irving and Karl Marx alive at the same time?

Yes. Washington Irving and Karl Marx were alive at the same time for 41 years, from 1818 to 1859.

Washington Irving was 35 when Karl Marx was born.

Karl Marx was 41 when Washington Irving died, aged 76.

Washington Irving

American writer, historian and diplomat

Born 3 April 1783 · died 28 November 1859, aged 76

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

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