Who Was Alive

Were Roger Bacon and Marco Polo alive at the same time?

Yes. Roger Bacon and Marco Polo were alive at the same time for 37 years, from 1254 to 1292.

Marco Polo was 37 when Roger Bacon died.

Roger Bacon

English polymath, philosopher and friar

Born c. 1220 · died 11 June 1292

Marco Polo

Venetian explorer and merchant who travelled through Asia

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

  1. Genghis Khan
  2. Rumi
  3. Roger Bacon
  4. Thomas Aquinas
  5. Marco Polo
  6. Dante Alighieri
  7. Ibn Battuta
  8. Petrarch
Roger Bacon and Marco Polo 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.