Albertus Magnus · Dante Alighieri Were Albertus Magnus and Dante Alighieri alive at the same time? Yes. Albertus Magnus and Dante Alighieri were alive at the same time, from c. 1265 to 1280. Albertus MagnusGerman-Dominican friar and saintBorn c. 1200 · died 15 November 1280Dante AlighieriFlorentine poet, writer, and philosopherBorn c. 1265 · died 14 September 1321 Genghis KhanAlbertus MagnusRumiThomas AquinasMarco PoloDante AlighieriIbn BattutaPetrarch Albertus Magnus and Dante Alighieri 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.