Who Was Alive
Mansa Musa
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Mansa Musa

Mansa

Born c. 1280 · died 1337
Also known as Musa I of Mali, Musa I, Mansa Musa I

Who was alive at the same time as Mansa Musa?

  1. Saadi Shirazi, c. 1210 – 1292
  2. Nasreddin, 1208 – 1284
  3. Kublai Khan, 1215 – 1294
  4. Roger Bacon, c. 1220 – 1292
  5. Pope Boniface VIII, 1235 – 1303
  6. Edward I, 1239 – 1307
  7. Marco Polo, 1254 – 1324
  8. Osman I, 1258 – 1326
  9. Dante Alighieri, c. 1265 – 1321
  10. Giotto, c. 1272 – 1337
  11. Philip IV of France, 1268 – 1314
  12. William Wallace, 1270 – 1305
  13. Mansa Musa, c. 1280 – 1337
  14. Orhan, 1281 – 1362
  15. William of Ockham, c. 1288 – c. 1349
  16. Ibn Battuta, 1304 – c. 1368
  17. Petrarch, 1304 – 1374
  18. Edward III, 1312 – 1377
  19. Giovanni Boccaccio, 1313 – 1375
  20. Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, 1316 – 1378
  21. John Wycliffe, 1320s – 1384
  22. Hafez, c. 1325 – c. 1390
  23. Ibn Khaldun, c. 1332 – c. 1406
  24. Timur, 1336 – 1405

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When Mansa Musa died, Ibn Battuta was 32 or 33, Ibn Khaldun was 4 or 5, Petrarch was 32 or 33, Timur was about a year old and Orhan was 55 or 56.

Born during Mansa Musa’s lifetime: Ibn Battuta, Ibn Khaldun, Petrarch, Hafez, Timur, Giovanni Boccaccio, William of Ockham and Edward III.

Not quite contemporaries: Thomas Aquinas died about 4 years before Mansa Musa was born, Geoffrey Chaucer was born about 4 years after Mansa Musa died, Rumi died about 5 years before Mansa Musa was born and Louis IX of France died about 8 years before Mansa Musa was born.

Where Mansa Musa’s contemporaries were born

Mansa Musa is labelled; the others are the best-known people we track who lived at the same time. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (59 of 60 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list

Compare Mansa Musa

The 59 best-known contemporaries

59 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Mansa Musa. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1310.

  1. Dante Alighieri c. 1265 – 1321
  2. Marco Polo 1254 – 1324
  3. Ibn Battuta 1304 – c. 1368
  4. Ibn Khaldun c. 1332 – c. 1406
  5. Petrarch 1304 – 1374
  6. Hafez c. 1325 – c. 1390
  7. Timur 1336 – 1405
  8. Giovanni Boccaccio 1313 – 1375
  9. Saadi Shirazi c. 1210 – 1292
  10. Kublai Khan 1215 – 1294
  11. Osman I 1258 – 1326
  12. Giotto c. 1272 – 1337
  13. William of Ockham c. 1288 – c. 1349
  14. Roger Bacon c. 1220 – 1292
  15. William Wallace 1270 – 1305
  16. Nasreddin 1208 – 1284
  17. Edward I 1239 – 1307
  18. Pope Boniface VIII 1235 – 1303
  19. Philip IV of France 1268 – 1314
  20. Orhan 1281 – 1362
  21. Edward III 1312 – 1377
  22. John Wycliffe 1320s – 1384
  23. Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor 1316 – 1378
  24. Pope Celestine V 1215 – 1296
  25. Pope John XXII 1244 – 1334
  26. Amir Khusrau 1253 – 1325
  27. Ibn Taymiyya c. 1263 – c. 1328
  28. Pope Urban V 1310 – 1370
  29. Alfonso X of Castile 1221 – 1284
  30. Pope Clement V 1264 – 1314
  31. Duns Scotus 1266 – 1308
  32. Pope Gregory XI c. 1331 – 1378
  33. Pope Benedict XII 1280 – 1342
  34. Pope Innocent VI c. 1284 – 1362
  35. Edward II 1284 – 1327
  36. Murad I 1326 – 1389
  37. Pope Clement VI 1291 – 1352
  38. Pope Urban VI c. 1318 – 1389
  39. Robert the Bruce 1274 – 1329
  40. Ramon Llull c. 1233 – c. 1316
  41. Pope Benedict XI 1240 – 1304
  42. Meister Eckhart c. 1260 – c. 1328
  43. Pope Nicholas IV 1227 – 1292
  44. Pope Martin IV 1220 – 1285
  45. Philip III of France 1245 – 1285
  46. Philip VI of France 1293 – 1350
  47. Pope Honorius IV c. 1210 – 1287
  48. Bridget of Sweden 1303 – 1373
  49. Hongwu Emperor 1328 – 1398
  50. Louis X of France 1289 – 1316
  51. John II of France 1319 – 1364
  52. Charles IV of France 1294 – 1328
  53. Duccio c. 1255 – 1319
  54. Edward the Black Prince 1330 – 1376
  55. Rudolf I of Germany 1218 – 1291
  56. Charles I of Anjou 1226 – 1285
  57. Cimabue c. 1240 – 1302
  58. Yunus Emre c. 1241 – c. 1321
  59. Casimir III the Great 1310 – 1370