Who Was Alive
Orhan
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Orhan

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire

Born 6 February 1281 · died March 1362, aged 81
Also known as Orhan Ghazi

Who was alive at the same time as Orhan?

  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. Orhan, 1281 – 1362
  14. William of Ockham, c. 1288 – c. 1349
  15. Ibn Battuta, 1304 – c. 1368
  16. Petrarch, 1304 – 1374
  17. Edward III, 1312 – 1377
  18. Giovanni Boccaccio, 1313 – 1375
  19. John Wycliffe, 1320s – 1384
  20. Hafez, c. 1325 – c. 1390
  21. Ibn Khaldun, c. 1332 – c. 1406
  22. Timur, 1336 – 1405
  23. Geoffrey Chaucer, c. 1343 – c. 1400
  24. Bayezid I, c. 1354 – 1403

Drag across the timeline, or use the arrow keys, to see who was alive in any year and the age each person reached that year. Dashed lines mark world events. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

When Orhan was born, Marco Polo was 26, Kublai Khan was 65, Osman I was 22, William Wallace was 10 or 11 and Nasreddin was 72 or 73.

When Orhan died, Ibn Battuta was 58, Ibn Khaldun was 29 or 30, Petrarch was 57, Timur was 25 and Giovanni Boccaccio was 48 or 49.

Born during Orhan’s lifetime: Geoffrey Chaucer, Ibn Battuta, Ibn Khaldun, Petrarch, Hafez, Timur, Giovanni Boccaccio and William of Ockham.

Not quite contemporaries: Thomas Aquinas died about 7 years before Orhan was born, Rumi died about 8 years before Orhan was born, Zheng He was born about 9 years after Orhan died and Jan Hus was born about 8 years after Orhan died.

What happened in Orhan’s lifetime

Where Orhan’s contemporaries were born

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Compare Orhan

The 69 best-known contemporaries

69 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Orhan. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1322.

  1. Dante Alighieri c. 1265 – 1321
  2. Marco Polo 1254 – 1324
  3. Geoffrey Chaucer c. 1343 – c. 1400
  4. Ibn Battuta 1304 – c. 1368
  5. Ibn Khaldun c. 1332 – c. 1406
  6. Petrarch 1304 – 1374
  7. Hafez c. 1325 – c. 1390
  8. Timur 1336 – 1405
  9. Giovanni Boccaccio 1313 – 1375
  10. Saadi Shirazi c. 1210 – 1292
  11. Kublai Khan 1215 – 1294
  12. Osman I 1258 – 1326
  13. Giotto c. 1272 – 1337
  14. William of Ockham c. 1288 – c. 1349
  15. Roger Bacon c. 1220 – 1292
  16. William Wallace 1270 – 1305
  17. Nasreddin 1208 – 1284
  18. Edward I 1239 – 1307
  19. Pope Boniface VIII 1235 – 1303
  20. Philip IV of France 1268 – 1314
  21. Bayezid I c. 1354 – 1403
  22. Edward III 1312 – 1377
  23. John Wycliffe 1320s – 1384
  24. Mansa Musa c. 1280 – 1337
  25. Catherine of Siena 1347 – 1380
  26. Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor 1316 – 1378
  27. Pope Celestine V 1215 – 1296
  28. Pope John XXII 1244 – 1334
  29. Amir Khusrau 1253 – 1325
  30. Ibn Taymiyya c. 1263 – c. 1328
  31. Pope Urban V 1310 – 1370
  32. Alfonso X of Castile 1221 – 1284
  33. Pope Clement V 1264 – 1314
  34. Duns Scotus 1266 – 1308
  35. Pope Gregory XI c. 1331 – 1378
  36. Pope Benedict XII 1280 – 1342
  37. Pope Innocent VI c. 1284 – 1362
  38. Edward II 1284 – 1327
  39. Murad I 1326 – 1389
  40. Pope Clement VI 1291 – 1352
  41. Pope Urban VI c. 1318 – 1389
  42. Pope Gregory XII c. 1335 – 1417
  43. Robert the Bruce 1274 – 1329
  44. Charles V of France 1338 – 1380
  45. Ramon Llull c. 1233 – c. 1316
  46. Pope Benedict XI 1240 – 1304
  47. Meister Eckhart c. 1260 – c. 1328
  48. Pope Innocent VII c. 1338 – 1406
  49. Pope Boniface IX 1356 – 1404
  50. Pope Nicholas IV 1227 – 1292
  51. Pope Martin IV 1220 – 1285
  52. Philip III of France 1245 – 1285
  53. Philip VI of France 1293 – 1350
  54. Pope Honorius IV c. 1210 – 1287
  55. Bridget of Sweden 1303 – 1373
  56. Hongwu Emperor 1328 – 1398
  57. Louis X of France 1289 – 1316
  58. John II of France 1319 – 1364
  59. Charles IV of France 1294 – 1328
  60. Duccio c. 1255 – 1319
  61. Edward the Black Prince 1330 – 1376
  62. Margaret I of Denmark 1353 – 1412
  63. Rudolf I of Germany 1218 – 1291
  64. Charles I of Anjou 1226 – 1285
  65. Cimabue c. 1240 – 1302
  66. Yunus Emre c. 1241 – c. 1321
  67. Manuel II Palaiologos 1350 – 1425
  68. Dmitry Donskoy 1350 – 1389
  69. Casimir III the Great 1310 – 1370