Who Was Alive

Were William Blake and Karl Marx alive at the same time?

Yes. William Blake and Karl Marx were alive at the same time for 9 years, from 1818 to 1827.

William Blake was 60 when Karl Marx was born.

Karl Marx was 9 when William Blake died, aged 69.

William Blake

English poet and artist

Born 28 November 1757 · died 12 August 1827, aged 69

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher

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

  1. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  2. William Blake
  3. Napoleon
  4. Abraham Lincoln
  5. Charles Darwin
  6. Karl Marx
  7. Mahatma Gandhi
  8. Vladimir Lenin
  9. Albert Einstein
William Blake 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.