Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1259?

39 of the people we track were surely alive in 1259. 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 Polo5
  2. Thomas Aquinas34
  3. Rumi52
  4. Saadi Shirazi46–51
  5. Kublai Khan44
  6. Osman I1
  7. Albertus Magnus56–61
  8. Louis IX of France44–45
  9. Roger Bacon36–41
  10. Nasreddin50–51
  11. Edward I20
  12. Pope Boniface VIII24
  13. Pope Celestine V43–44
  14. Alexander Nevsky39
  15. Hulegu Khan42
  16. Bonaventure37–38
  17. Pope John XXII14–15
  18. Amir Khusrau5–6
  19. Alfonso X of Castile38
  20. Pope Urban IV71–76
  21. Henry III of England52
  22. Pope Gregory X48–49
  23. Nasir al-Din al-Tusi58
  24. Ramon Llull24–29
  25. Pope Benedict XI18–19
  26. Pope Clement IV69
  27. Pope Nicholas III39–49
  28. Pope Innocent V33–34
  29. Pope Nicholas IV32
  30. Pope John XXI43–49
  31. Pope Adrian V54
  32. Pope Martin IV39
  33. Philip III of France14
  34. Pope Honorius IV46–51
  35. Duccio1–6
  36. Rudolf I of Germany41
  37. Charles I of Anjou33
  38. Cimabue16–21
  39. Yunus Emre15–20

Where the people alive in 1259 were born

The 39 best known of those alive in 1259. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (38 of 39 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list