Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1234?

36 of the people we track were surely alive in 1234. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year; a range such as 17–21 means the birth year itself is uncertain.

  1. Thomas Aquinas9
  2. Rumi27
  3. Saadi Shirazi21–26
  4. Kublai Khan19
  5. Albertus Magnus31–36
  6. Louis IX of France19–20
  7. Roger Bacon11–16
  8. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor39
  9. Ibn Arabi69
  10. Nasreddin25–26
  11. Pope Gregory IX63–64
  12. Ögedei Khan48
  13. Pope Celestine V18–19
  14. Alexander Nevsky14
  15. Snorri Sturluson54–55
  16. Batu Khan26–31
  17. Hulegu Khan17
  18. Bonaventure12–13
  19. Alfonso X of Castile13
  20. Pope Urban IV46–51
  21. Henry III of England27
  22. Pope Gregory X23–24
  23. Nasir al-Din al-Tusi33
  24. Pope Clement IV44
  25. Pope Nicholas III14–24
  26. Pope Innocent V8–9
  27. Pope Nicholas IV7
  28. Pope John XXI18–24
  29. Clare of Assisi40
  30. Pope Adrian V29
  31. Pope Martin IV14
  32. Pope Honorius IV21–26
  33. Chagatai Khan51
  34. Rudolf I of Germany16
  35. Charles I of Anjou8
  36. Razia Sultan28–29

Where the people alive in 1234 were born

The 36 best known of those alive in 1234. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (34 of 36 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list