Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1240?

39 of the people we track were surely alive in 1240. 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.

Died in 1240: Ibn Arabi and Razia Sultan.

  1. Thomas Aquinas15
  2. Rumi33
  3. Saadi Shirazi27–32
  4. Kublai Khan25
  5. Albertus Magnus37–42
  6. Louis IX of France25–26
  7. Roger Bacon17–22
  8. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor45
  9. Ibn Arabi75 †
  10. Nasreddin31–32
  11. Edward I1
  12. Pope Boniface VIII5
  13. Pope Gregory IX69–70
  14. Ögedei Khan54
  15. Pope Celestine V24–25
  16. Alexander Nevsky20
  17. Snorri Sturluson60–61
  18. Batu Khan32–37
  19. Hulegu Khan23
  20. Bonaventure18–19
  21. Alfonso X of Castile19
  22. Pope Urban IV52–57
  23. Henry III of England33
  24. Pope Gregory X29–30
  25. Nasir al-Din al-Tusi39
  26. Ramon Llull5–10
  27. Pope Clement IV50
  28. Pope Nicholas III20–30
  29. Pope Innocent V14–15
  30. Pope Nicholas IV13
  31. Pope John XXI24–30
  32. Clare of Assisi46
  33. Pope Adrian V35
  34. Pope Martin IV20
  35. Pope Honorius IV27–32
  36. Chagatai Khan57
  37. Rudolf I of Germany22
  38. Charles I of Anjou14
  39. Razia Sultan34 or 35 †

Where the people alive in 1240 were born

The 39 best known of those alive in 1240. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (37 of 39 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list