Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1265?

40 of the people we track were surely alive in 1265. 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.

Died in 1265: Hulegu Khan.

  1. Marco Polo11
  2. Thomas Aquinas40
  3. Rumi58
  4. Saadi Shirazi52–57
  5. Kublai Khan50
  6. Osman I7
  7. Albertus Magnus62–67
  8. Louis IX of France50–51
  9. Roger Bacon42–47
  10. Nasreddin56–57
  11. Edward I26
  12. Pope Boniface VIII30
  13. Pope Celestine V49–50
  14. Hulegu Khan47 †
  15. Bonaventure43–44
  16. Pope John XXII20–21
  17. Amir Khusrau11–12
  18. Ibn Taymiyya2
  19. Alfonso X of Castile44
  20. Pope Clement V0–1
  21. Henry III of England58
  22. Pope Gregory X54–55
  23. Nasir al-Din al-Tusi64
  24. Ramon Llull30–35
  25. Pope Benedict XI24–25
  26. Meister Eckhart2–7
  27. Pope Clement IV75
  28. Pope Nicholas III45–55
  29. Pope Innocent V39–40
  30. Pope Nicholas IV38
  31. Pope John XXI49–55
  32. Pope Adrian V60
  33. Pope Martin IV45
  34. Philip III of France20
  35. Pope Honorius IV52–57
  36. Duccio7–12
  37. Rudolf I of Germany47
  38. Charles I of Anjou39
  39. Cimabue22–27
  40. Yunus Emre21–26

Where the people alive in 1265 were born

The 40 best known of those alive in 1265. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (39 of 40 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list