Who Was Alive

Were Rumi and Marco Polo alive at the same time?

Yes. Rumi and Marco Polo were alive at the same time for 19 years, from 1254 to 1273.

Rumi was 46 when Marco Polo was born.

Marco Polo was 19 when Rumi died, aged 66.

Rumi

Iranian poet

Born 30 September 1207 · died 17 December 1273, aged 66

Marco Polo

Venetian explorer and merchant who travelled through Asia

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

  1. Genghis Khan
  2. Francis of Assisi
  3. Rumi
  4. Thomas Aquinas
  5. Marco Polo
  6. Dante Alighieri
  7. Ibn Battuta
  8. Petrarch
Rumi 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.