Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1255?

37 of the people we track were surely alive in 1255. 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. Marco Polo1
  2. Thomas Aquinas30
  3. Rumi48
  4. Saadi Shirazi42–47
  5. Kublai Khan40
  6. Albertus Magnus52–57
  7. Louis IX of France40–41
  8. Roger Bacon32–37
  9. Nasreddin46–47
  10. Edward I16
  11. Pope Boniface VIII20
  12. Pope Celestine V39–40
  13. Alexander Nevsky35
  14. Hulegu Khan38
  15. Bonaventure33–34
  16. Pope John XXII10–11
  17. Amir Khusrau1–2
  18. Alfonso X of Castile34
  19. Pope Urban IV67–72
  20. Henry III of England48
  21. Pope Gregory X44–45
  22. Nasir al-Din al-Tusi54
  23. Ramon Llull20–25
  24. Pope Benedict XI14–15
  25. Pope Clement IV65
  26. Pope Nicholas III35–45
  27. Pope Innocent V29–30
  28. Pope Nicholas IV28
  29. Pope John XXI39–45
  30. Pope Adrian V50
  31. Pope Martin IV35
  32. Philip III of France10
  33. Pope Honorius IV42–47
  34. Rudolf I of Germany37
  35. Charles I of Anjou29
  36. Cimabue12–17
  37. Yunus Emre11–16

Where the people alive in 1255 were born

The 37 best known of those alive in 1255. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (36 of 37 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list