Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1272?

41 of the people we track were surely alive in 1272. 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 1272: Henry III of England.

  1. Dante Alighieri4–9
  2. Marco Polo18
  3. Thomas Aquinas47
  4. Rumi65
  5. Saadi Shirazi59–64
  6. Kublai Khan57
  7. Osman I14
  8. Albertus Magnus69–74
  9. Roger Bacon49–54
  10. William Wallace1–2
  11. Nasreddin63–64
  12. Edward I33
  13. Pope Boniface VIII37
  14. Philip IV of France4
  15. Pope Celestine V56–57
  16. Bonaventure50–51
  17. Pope John XXII27–28
  18. Amir Khusrau18–19
  19. Ibn Taymiyya9
  20. Alfonso X of Castile51
  21. Pope Clement V7–8
  22. Duns Scotus5–6
  23. Henry III of England65 †
  24. Pope Gregory X61–62
  25. Nasir al-Din al-Tusi71
  26. Ramon Llull37–42
  27. Pope Benedict XI31–32
  28. Meister Eckhart9–14
  29. Pope Nicholas III52–62
  30. Pope Innocent V46–47
  31. Pope Nicholas IV45
  32. Pope John XXI56–62
  33. Pope Adrian V67
  34. Pope Martin IV52
  35. Philip III of France27
  36. Pope Honorius IV59–64
  37. Duccio14–19
  38. Rudolf I of Germany54
  39. Charles I of Anjou46
  40. Cimabue29–34
  41. Yunus Emre28–33

Where the people alive in 1272 were born

The 41 best known of those alive in 1272. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (41 of 41 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list