Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1256?

37 of the people we track were surely alive in 1256. 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 Polo2
  2. Thomas Aquinas31
  3. Rumi49
  4. Saadi Shirazi43–48
  5. Kublai Khan41
  6. Albertus Magnus53–58
  7. Louis IX of France41–42
  8. Roger Bacon33–38
  9. Nasreddin47–48
  10. Edward I17
  11. Pope Boniface VIII21
  12. Pope Celestine V40–41
  13. Alexander Nevsky36
  14. Hulegu Khan39
  15. Bonaventure34–35
  16. Pope John XXII11–12
  17. Amir Khusrau2–3
  18. Alfonso X of Castile35
  19. Pope Urban IV68–73
  20. Henry III of England49
  21. Pope Gregory X45–46
  22. Nasir al-Din al-Tusi55
  23. Ramon Llull21–26
  24. Pope Benedict XI15–16
  25. Pope Clement IV66
  26. Pope Nicholas III36–46
  27. Pope Innocent V30–31
  28. Pope Nicholas IV29
  29. Pope John XXI40–46
  30. Pope Adrian V51
  31. Pope Martin IV36
  32. Philip III of France11
  33. Pope Honorius IV43–48
  34. Rudolf I of Germany38
  35. Charles I of Anjou30
  36. Cimabue13–18
  37. Yunus Emre12–17

Where the people alive in 1256 were born

The 37 best known of those alive in 1256. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (36 of 37 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list