Who Was Alive
Ramon Llull
unknown (from the collection of Friderici Roth-Scholtzii Noriberg), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Ramon Llull

Writer and philosopher

Born 1229–1235 · died c. 1316
Also known as Illuminated Doctor, Raymondus Lullus, Raymond Lull

Who was alive at the same time as Ramon Llull?

  1. Ibn Arabi, 1165 – 1240
  2. Pope Gregory IX, 1170 – 1241
  3. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1194 – 1250
  4. Albertus Magnus, c. 1200 – 1280
  5. Rumi, 1207 – 1273
  6. Saadi Shirazi, c. 1210 – 1292
  7. Nasreddin, 1208 – 1284
  8. Louis IX of France, c. 1215 – 1270
  9. Kublai Khan, 1215 – 1294
  10. Roger Bacon, c. 1220 – 1292
  11. Thomas Aquinas, 1225 – 1274
  12. Ramon Llull, c. 1233 – c. 1316
  13. Pope Boniface VIII, 1235 – 1303
  14. Edward I, 1239 – 1307
  15. Marco Polo, 1254 – 1324
  16. Osman I, 1258 – 1326
  17. Dante Alighieri, c. 1265 – 1321
  18. Giotto, c. 1272 – 1337
  19. Philip IV of France, 1268 – 1314
  20. William Wallace, 1270 – 1305
  21. William of Ockham, c. 1288 – c. 1349
  22. Ibn Battuta, 1304 – c. 1368
  23. Petrarch, 1304 – 1374
  24. Giovanni Boccaccio, 1313 – 1375

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Born during Ramon Llull’s lifetime: Dante Alighieri, Marco Polo, Ibn Battuta, Petrarch, Giovanni Boccaccio, Osman I, Giotto and William of Ockham.

Not quite contemporaries: Genghis Khan died about 3 years before Ramon Llull was born, Ibn Khaldun was born about 13 years after Ramon Llull died, Hafez was born about 4 years after Ramon Llull died and Francis of Assisi died about 4 years before Ramon Llull was born.

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The 73 best-known contemporaries

73 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Ramon Llull. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1275.

  1. Dante Alighieri c. 1265 – 1321
  2. Marco Polo 1254 – 1324
  3. Thomas Aquinas 1225 – 1274
  4. Ibn Battuta 1304 – c. 1368
  5. Petrarch 1304 – 1374
  6. Rumi 1207 – 1273
  7. Giovanni Boccaccio 1313 – 1375
  8. Saadi Shirazi c. 1210 – 1292
  9. Kublai Khan 1215 – 1294
  10. Osman I 1258 – 1326
  11. Giotto c. 1272 – 1337
  12. William of Ockham c. 1288 – c. 1349
  13. Albertus Magnus c. 1200 – 1280
  14. Louis IX of France c. 1215 – 1270
  15. Roger Bacon c. 1220 – 1292
  16. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor 1194 – 1250
  17. Ibn Arabi 1165 – 1240
  18. William Wallace 1270 – 1305
  19. Nasreddin 1208 – 1284
  20. Edward I 1239 – 1307
  21. Pope Boniface VIII 1235 – 1303
  22. Pope Gregory IX 1170 – 1241
  23. Philip IV of France 1268 – 1314
  24. Orhan 1281 – 1362
  25. Edward III 1312 – 1377
  26. Mansa Musa c. 1280 – 1337
  27. Ögedei Khan 1186 – 1241
  28. Pope Celestine V 1215 – 1296
  29. Alexander Nevsky 1220 – 1263
  30. Snorri Sturluson 1179 – 1241
  31. Batu Khan c. 1205 – c. 1255
  32. Hulegu Khan 1217 – 1265
  33. Bonaventure 1221 – 1274
  34. Pope John XXII 1244 – 1334
  35. Amir Khusrau 1253 – 1325
  36. Ibn Taymiyya c. 1263 – c. 1328
  37. Pope Urban V 1310 – 1370
  38. Alfonso X of Castile 1221 – 1284
  39. Pope Clement V 1264 – 1314
  40. Duns Scotus 1266 – 1308
  41. Pope Benedict XII 1280 – 1342
  42. Pope Innocent VI c. 1284 – 1362
  43. Edward II 1284 – 1327
  44. Pope Urban IV c. 1185 – 1264
  45. Henry III of England 1207 – 1272
  46. Pope Gregory X 1210 – 1276
  47. Pope Clement VI 1291 – 1352
  48. Robert the Bruce 1274 – 1329
  49. Nasir al-Din al-Tusi 1201 – 1274
  50. Pope Benedict XI 1240 – 1304
  51. Meister Eckhart c. 1260 – c. 1328
  52. Pope Clement IV 1190 – 1268
  53. Pope Nicholas III 1210s – 1280
  54. Pope Innocent V 1225 – 1276
  55. Pope Nicholas IV 1227 – 1292
  56. Pope John XXI c. 1213 – 1277
  57. Clare of Assisi 1194 – 1253
  58. Pope Adrian V 1205 – 1276
  59. Pope Martin IV 1220 – 1285
  60. Philip III of France 1245 – 1285
  61. Philip VI of France 1293 – 1350
  62. Pope Honorius IV c. 1210 – 1287
  63. Bridget of Sweden 1303 – 1373
  64. Louis X of France 1289 – 1316
  65. Charles IV of France 1294 – 1328
  66. Duccio c. 1255 – 1319
  67. Chagatai Khan 1183 – 1242
  68. Rudolf I of Germany 1218 – 1291
  69. Charles I of Anjou 1226 – 1285
  70. Cimabue c. 1240 – 1302
  71. Yunus Emre c. 1241 – c. 1321
  72. Razia Sultan c. 1206 – 1240
  73. Casimir III the Great 1310 – 1370