Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1257?

37 of the people we track were surely alive in 1257. 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 Polo3
  2. Thomas Aquinas32
  3. Rumi50
  4. Saadi Shirazi44–49
  5. Kublai Khan42
  6. Albertus Magnus54–59
  7. Louis IX of France42–43
  8. Roger Bacon34–39
  9. Nasreddin48–49
  10. Edward I18
  11. Pope Boniface VIII22
  12. Pope Celestine V41–42
  13. Alexander Nevsky37
  14. Hulegu Khan40
  15. Bonaventure35–36
  16. Pope John XXII12–13
  17. Amir Khusrau3–4
  18. Alfonso X of Castile36
  19. Pope Urban IV69–74
  20. Henry III of England50
  21. Pope Gregory X46–47
  22. Nasir al-Din al-Tusi56
  23. Ramon Llull22–27
  24. Pope Benedict XI16–17
  25. Pope Clement IV67
  26. Pope Nicholas III37–47
  27. Pope Innocent V31–32
  28. Pope Nicholas IV30
  29. Pope John XXI41–47
  30. Pope Adrian V52
  31. Pope Martin IV37
  32. Philip III of France12
  33. Pope Honorius IV44–49
  34. Rudolf I of Germany39
  35. Charles I of Anjou31
  36. Cimabue14–19
  37. Yunus Emre13–18

Where the people alive in 1257 were born

The 37 best known of those alive in 1257. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (36 of 37 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list