John D. Rockefeller & Karl Marx

Did John D. Rockefeller and Karl Marx live at the same time?

Yes. John D. Rockefeller and Karl Marx lived at the same time for 44 years, from 1839 to 1883.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

John D. Rockefeller · Karl Marx · Born in 1839 · Born in 1818

John D. Rockefeller

John D. Rockefeller

Business & Industry

Standard Oil tycoon, among the richest Americans in history

Karl Marx

Philosophy & Thought

Das Kapital, Communist Manifesto

18181937

John D. Rockefeller

Karl Marx

John D. Rockefeller

Business & Industry

Born in Richford

Died in Ormond Beach

Karl Marx

Philosophy & Thought

Born in Trier

Died in London

World Events During Their Overlap

1848 Revolutions of 1848 sweep Europe

1853 Crimean War begins

1859 Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species

1861 American Civil War begins

1865 Abolition of slavery in the United States

1869 Suez Canal opens

1871 Unification of Germany

1876 Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone

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Sources

John D. Rockefeller — Wikipedia
John D. Rockefeller (Q160278) — Wikidata
Karl Marx — Wikipedia
Karl Marx (Q9061) — Wikidata