Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1273?

40 of the people we track were surely alive in 1273. 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 1273: Rumi.

  1. Dante Alighieri5–10
  2. Marco Polo19
  3. Thomas Aquinas48
  4. Rumi66 †
  5. Saadi Shirazi60–65
  6. Kublai Khan58
  7. Osman I15
  8. Albertus Magnus70–75
  9. Roger Bacon50–55
  10. William Wallace2–3
  11. Nasreddin64–65
  12. Edward I34
  13. Pope Boniface VIII38
  14. Philip IV of France5
  15. Pope Celestine V57–58
  16. Bonaventure51–52
  17. Pope John XXII28–29
  18. Amir Khusrau19–20
  19. Ibn Taymiyya10
  20. Alfonso X of Castile52
  21. Pope Clement V8–9
  22. Duns Scotus6–7
  23. Pope Gregory X62–63
  24. Nasir al-Din al-Tusi72
  25. Ramon Llull38–43
  26. Pope Benedict XI32–33
  27. Meister Eckhart10–15
  28. Pope Nicholas III53–63
  29. Pope Innocent V47–48
  30. Pope Nicholas IV46
  31. Pope John XXI57–63
  32. Pope Adrian V68
  33. Pope Martin IV53
  34. Philip III of France28
  35. Pope Honorius IV60–65
  36. Duccio15–20
  37. Rudolf I of Germany55
  38. Charles I of Anjou47
  39. Cimabue30–35
  40. Yunus Emre29–34

Where the people alive in 1273 were born

The 40 best known of those alive in 1273. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (40 of 40 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list