Who Was Alive

Were Osman I and Dante Alighieri alive at the same time?

Yes. Osman I and Dante Alighieri were alive at the same time, from c. 1265 to 1321.

Osman I was 63 when Dante Alighieri died.

Osman I

Founder of the Ottoman Empire

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

Dante Alighieri

Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher

Born c. 1265 · died 14 September 1321

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