Who Was Alive

Were Marco Polo and Osman I alive at the same time?

Yes. Marco Polo and Osman I were alive at the same time for 65 years, from 1258 to 1324.

Marco Polo was 3 when Osman I was born.

Osman I was 65 when Marco Polo died, aged 69.

Marco Polo

Venetian explorer and merchant who travelled through Asia

Born 15 September 1254 · died 8 January 1324, aged 69

Osman I

Founder of the Ottoman Empire

Born 23 August 1258 · died 1 August 1326, aged 67

  1. Rumi
  2. Thomas Aquinas
  3. Marco Polo
  4. Osman I
  5. Dante Alighieri
  6. Ibn Battuta
  7. Petrarch
Marco Polo and Osman I 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.