Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1238?

38 of the people we track were surely alive in 1238. 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 Aquinas13
  2. Rumi31
  3. Saadi Shirazi25–30
  4. Kublai Khan23
  5. Albertus Magnus35–40
  6. Louis IX of France23–24
  7. Roger Bacon15–20
  8. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor43
  9. Ibn Arabi73
  10. Nasreddin29–30
  11. Pope Boniface VIII3
  12. Pope Gregory IX67–68
  13. Ögedei Khan52
  14. Pope Celestine V22–23
  15. Alexander Nevsky18
  16. Snorri Sturluson58–59
  17. Batu Khan30–35
  18. Hulegu Khan21
  19. Bonaventure16–17
  20. Alfonso X of Castile17
  21. Pope Urban IV50–55
  22. Henry III of England31
  23. Pope Gregory X27–28
  24. Nasir al-Din al-Tusi37
  25. Ramon Llull3–8
  26. Pope Clement IV48
  27. Pope Nicholas III18–28
  28. Pope Innocent V12–13
  29. Pope Nicholas IV11
  30. Pope John XXI22–28
  31. Clare of Assisi44
  32. Pope Adrian V33
  33. Pope Martin IV18
  34. Pope Honorius IV25–30
  35. Chagatai Khan55
  36. Rudolf I of Germany20
  37. Charles I of Anjou12
  38. Razia Sultan32–33

Where the people alive in 1238 were born

The 38 best known of those alive in 1238. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (36 of 38 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list