Philosopher Karl Marx was born in Trier Germany On May 5th 1818 he became one of the most important Western thinkers of the modern era, and the founding father of Socialism. Marx’s political and philosophical thought had enormous influence on subsequent intellectual, economic and political history. His name has been used as an adjective, a noun, and a school of social theory.He married Jenny von Westphalen in 1843.He died in London on 14 March 1883 due to bronchitis.