Who Was Alive

Were Marco Polo and William Wallace alive at the same time?

Yes. Marco Polo and William Wallace were alive at the same time for 34 or 35 years, from 1270 to 1305.

Marco Polo was 15 or 16 when William Wallace was born.

Marco Polo was 50 when William Wallace died, aged 34 or 35.

Marco Polo

Marco Polo

Venetian explorer and merchant

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

William Wallace

William Wallace

Scottish knight

Born 1270 · died 23 August 1305, aged 34 or 35

  1. Rumi, 1207 – 1273
  2. Thomas Aquinas, 1225 – 1274
  3. Marco Polo, 1254 – 1324
  4. Dante Alighieri, c. 1265 – 1321
  5. William Wallace, 1270 – 1305
  6. Ibn Battuta, 1304 – c. 1368
  7. Petrarch, 1304 – 1374

Marco Polo and William Wallace in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries; dashed lines mark world events. Drag across, or use the arrow keys, to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

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Where Marco Polo and William Wallace were born

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