Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1261?

39 of the people we track were surely alive in 1261. 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 Polo7
  2. Thomas Aquinas36
  3. Rumi54
  4. Saadi Shirazi48–53
  5. Kublai Khan46
  6. Osman I3
  7. Albertus Magnus58–63
  8. Louis IX of France46–47
  9. Roger Bacon38–43
  10. Nasreddin52–53
  11. Edward I22
  12. Pope Boniface VIII26
  13. Pope Celestine V45–46
  14. Alexander Nevsky41
  15. Hulegu Khan44
  16. Bonaventure39–40
  17. Pope John XXII16–17
  18. Amir Khusrau7–8
  19. Alfonso X of Castile40
  20. Pope Urban IV73–78
  21. Henry III of England54
  22. Pope Gregory X50–51
  23. Nasir al-Din al-Tusi60
  24. Ramon Llull26–31
  25. Pope Benedict XI20–21
  26. Pope Clement IV71
  27. Pope Nicholas III41–51
  28. Pope Innocent V35–36
  29. Pope Nicholas IV34
  30. Pope John XXI45–51
  31. Pope Adrian V56
  32. Pope Martin IV41
  33. Philip III of France16
  34. Pope Honorius IV48–53
  35. Duccio3–8
  36. Rudolf I of Germany43
  37. Charles I of Anjou35
  38. Cimabue18–23
  39. Yunus Emre17–22

Where the people alive in 1261 were born

The 39 best known of those alive in 1261. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (38 of 39 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list