Karl Marx (1818–1883) was a German philosopher and economist. Karl Marx or Karl Marks may also refer to: People Karl Friedrich Heinrich Marx (1796–1877), German physician and lecturer Karl Marx (medical missionary) (1857–1891), German doctor Karl Marx (composer) (1897–1985), German composer Karl Marx (painter), lecturer at Kölner Werkschulen Ships Karl Marks (ship), a river cruise ship Karl Marks (ship, 1957), a Rodina-class motorship Karl Marks (ship, 1958), a river cruise ship Other uses Karl Marx Peak, a mountain peak in Tajikistan Karl Marks, Jalal-Abad, a village in Kyrgyzstan Chemnitz, a German city named Karl-Marx-Stadt from 1953 to 1990 Karl-Marx-Allee, a monumental boulevard in Berlin Karl-Marx-Hof, a large residential building in Vienna, Austria Karl Marx Theatre (Teatro Karl Marx), a large entertainment complex in Havana, Cuba Karl Marx House or Karl-Marx-Haus, the house in Trier in which Karl Marx was born University of Leipzig, named Karl Marx University from 1953 to 1991 See also Marx (disambiguation) Marx, Karl