Who Was Alive
Pope Clement VI
Matteo Giovanetti, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Pope Clement VI

French Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born 1291 · died 6 December 1352, aged 60 or 61
Also known as Clement VI, Pierre Roger de Beuamont, Clemente VI

Who was alive at the same time as Pope Clement VI?

  1. Saadi Shirazi, c. 1210 – 1292
  2. Kublai Khan, 1215 – 1294
  3. Roger Bacon, c. 1220 – 1292
  4. Pope Boniface VIII, 1235 – 1303
  5. Edward I, 1239 – 1307
  6. Marco Polo, 1254 – 1324
  7. Osman I, 1258 – 1326
  8. Dante Alighieri, c. 1265 – 1321
  9. Giotto, c. 1272 – 1337
  10. Philip IV of France, 1268 – 1314
  11. William Wallace, 1270 – 1305
  12. Mansa Musa, c. 1280 – 1337
  13. Orhan, 1281 – 1362
  14. William of Ockham, c. 1288 – c. 1349
  15. Pope Clement VI, 1291 – 1352
  16. Ibn Battuta, 1304 – c. 1368
  17. Petrarch, 1304 – 1374
  18. Edward III, 1312 – 1377
  19. Giovanni Boccaccio, 1313 – 1375
  20. John Wycliffe, 1320s – 1384
  21. Hafez, c. 1325 – c. 1390
  22. Ibn Khaldun, c. 1332 – c. 1406
  23. Timur, 1336 – 1405
  24. Geoffrey Chaucer, c. 1343 – c. 1400

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 Pope Clement VI was born, Marco Polo was 36 or 37, Kublai Khan was 75 or 76, Osman I was 32 or 33, William Wallace was 20 or 21 and Edward I was 51 or 52.

When Pope Clement VI died, Ibn Battuta was 48, Ibn Khaldun was 19 or 20, Petrarch was 48, Timur was 16 and Giovanni Boccaccio was 38 or 39.

Born during Pope Clement VI’s lifetime: Geoffrey Chaucer, Ibn Battuta, Ibn Khaldun, Petrarch, Hafez, Timur, Giovanni Boccaccio and Edward III.

Not quite contemporaries: Albertus Magnus died about 11 years before Pope Clement VI was born, Nasreddin died about 6 years before Pope Clement VI was born, Christine de Pizan was born about 12 years after Pope Clement VI died and Alfonso X of Castile died about 7 years before Pope Clement VI was born.

What happened in Pope Clement VI’s lifetime

Where Pope Clement VI’s contemporaries were born

Pope Clement VI 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 Pope Clement VI

The 59 best-known contemporaries

59 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Pope Clement VI. 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. 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. Mansa Musa c. 1280 – 1337
  24. Catherine of Siena 1347 – 1380
  25. Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor 1316 – 1378
  26. Pope Celestine V 1215 – 1296
  27. Pope John XXII 1244 – 1334
  28. Amir Khusrau 1253 – 1325
  29. Ibn Taymiyya c. 1263 – c. 1328
  30. Pope Urban V 1310 – 1370
  31. Pope Clement V 1264 – 1314
  32. Duns Scotus 1266 – 1308
  33. Pope Gregory XI c. 1331 – 1378
  34. Pope Benedict XII 1280 – 1342
  35. Pope Innocent VI c. 1284 – 1362
  36. Edward II 1284 – 1327
  37. Murad I 1326 – 1389
  38. Pope Urban VI c. 1318 – 1389
  39. Pope Gregory XII c. 1335 – 1417
  40. Robert the Bruce 1274 – 1329
  41. Charles V of France 1338 – 1380
  42. Ramon Llull c. 1233 – c. 1316
  43. Pope Benedict XI 1240 – 1304
  44. Meister Eckhart c. 1260 – c. 1328
  45. Pope Innocent VII c. 1338 – 1406
  46. Pope Nicholas IV 1227 – 1292
  47. Philip VI of France 1293 – 1350
  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. Cimabue c. 1240 – 1302
  56. Yunus Emre c. 1241 – c. 1321
  57. Manuel II Palaiologos 1350 – 1425
  58. Dmitry Donskoy 1350 – 1389
  59. Casimir III the Great 1310 – 1370