Who Was Alive
William Wallace
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William Wallace

Scottish knight

Born 1270 · died 23 August 1305, aged 34 or 35
Also known as Sir William Wallace, Braveheart

Who was alive at the same time as William Wallace?

  1. Albertus Magnus, c. 1200 – 1280
  2. Rumi, 1207 – 1273
  3. Saadi Shirazi, c. 1210 – 1292
  4. Nasreddin, 1208 – 1284
  5. Pope Celestine V, 1215 – 1296
  6. Kublai Khan, 1215 – 1294
  7. Roger Bacon, c. 1220 – 1292
  8. Bonaventure, 1221 – 1274
  9. Thomas Aquinas, 1225 – 1274
  10. Pope Boniface VIII, 1235 – 1303
  11. Edward I, 1239 – 1307
  12. Pope John XXII, 1244 – 1334
  13. Amir Khusrau, 1253 – 1325
  14. Marco Polo, 1254 – 1324
  15. Osman I, 1258 – 1326
  16. Dante Alighieri, c. 1265 – 1321
  17. Giotto, c. 1272 – 1337
  18. Philip IV of France, 1268 – 1314
  19. William Wallace, 1270 – 1305
  20. Mansa Musa, c. 1280 – 1337
  21. Orhan, 1281 – 1362
  22. William of Ockham, c. 1288 – c. 1349
  23. Ibn Battuta, 1304 – c. 1368
  24. Petrarch, 1304 – 1374

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When William Wallace was born, Marco Polo was 15 or 16, Rumi was 62 or 63, Kublai Khan was 54 or 55, Osman I was 11 or 12 and Nasreddin was 61 or 62.

When William Wallace died, Marco Polo was 50, Ibn Battuta was 1, Petrarch was 1, Osman I was 47 and Edward I was 66.

Born during William Wallace’s lifetime: Ibn Battuta, Petrarch, William of Ockham, Orhan, Mansa Musa, Pope Benedict XII, Pope Innocent VI and Edward II.

Not quite contemporaries: Giovanni Boccaccio was born about 8 years after William Wallace died, Edward III was born about 7 years after William Wallace died, John Wycliffe was born about 15 years after William Wallace died and Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor was born about 11 years after William Wallace died.

Where William Wallace’s contemporaries were born

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Birthplaces as a list

Compare William Wallace

The 55 best-known contemporaries

55 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as William Wallace. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1288.

  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. Saadi Shirazi c. 1210 – 1292
  8. Kublai Khan 1215 – 1294
  9. Osman I 1258 – 1326
  10. Giotto c. 1272 – 1337
  11. William of Ockham c. 1288 – c. 1349
  12. Albertus Magnus c. 1200 – 1280
  13. Roger Bacon c. 1220 – 1292
  14. Nasreddin 1208 – 1284
  15. Edward I 1239 – 1307
  16. Pope Boniface VIII 1235 – 1303
  17. Philip IV of France 1268 – 1314
  18. Orhan 1281 – 1362
  19. Mansa Musa c. 1280 – 1337
  20. Pope Celestine V 1215 – 1296
  21. Bonaventure 1221 – 1274
  22. Pope John XXII 1244 – 1334
  23. Amir Khusrau 1253 – 1325
  24. Ibn Taymiyya c. 1263 – c. 1328
  25. Alfonso X of Castile 1221 – 1284
  26. Pope Clement V 1264 – 1314
  27. Duns Scotus 1266 – 1308
  28. Pope Benedict XII 1280 – 1342
  29. Pope Innocent VI c. 1284 – 1362
  30. Edward II 1284 – 1327
  31. Henry III of England 1207 – 1272
  32. Pope Gregory X 1210 – 1276
  33. Pope Clement VI 1291 – 1352
  34. Robert the Bruce 1274 – 1329
  35. Nasir al-Din al-Tusi 1201 – 1274
  36. Ramon Llull c. 1233 – c. 1316
  37. Pope Benedict XI 1240 – 1304
  38. Meister Eckhart c. 1260 – c. 1328
  39. Pope Nicholas III 1210s – 1280
  40. Pope Innocent V 1225 – 1276
  41. Pope Nicholas IV 1227 – 1292
  42. Pope John XXI c. 1213 – 1277
  43. Pope Adrian V 1205 – 1276
  44. Pope Martin IV 1220 – 1285
  45. Philip III of France 1245 – 1285
  46. Philip VI of France 1293 – 1350
  47. Pope Honorius IV c. 1210 – 1287
  48. Bridget of Sweden 1303 – 1373
  49. Louis X of France 1289 – 1316
  50. Charles IV of France 1294 – 1328
  51. Duccio c. 1255 – 1319
  52. Rudolf I of Germany 1218 – 1291
  53. Charles I of Anjou 1226 – 1285
  54. Cimabue c. 1240 – 1302
  55. Yunus Emre c. 1241 – c. 1321