Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1274?

40 of the people we track were surely alive in 1274. 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.

Born in 1274: Robert the Bruce.

Died in 1274: Thomas Aquinas, Bonaventure and Nasir al-Din al-Tusi.

  1. Dante Alighieri6–11
  2. Marco Polo20
  3. Thomas Aquinas48 or 49 †
  4. Saadi Shirazi61–66
  5. Kublai Khan59
  6. Osman I16
  7. Albertus Magnus71–76
  8. Roger Bacon51–56
  9. William Wallace3–4
  10. Nasreddin65–66
  11. Edward I35
  12. Pope Boniface VIII39
  13. Philip IV of France6
  14. Pope Celestine V58–59
  15. Bonaventure52 or 53 †
  16. Pope John XXII29–30
  17. Amir Khusrau20–21
  18. Ibn Taymiyya11
  19. Alfonso X of Castile53
  20. Pope Clement V9–10
  21. Duns Scotus7–8
  22. Pope Gregory X63–64
  23. Robert the Bruceborn
  24. Nasir al-Din al-Tusi73 †
  25. Ramon Llull39–44
  26. Pope Benedict XI33–34
  27. Meister Eckhart11–16
  28. Pope Nicholas III54–64
  29. Pope Innocent V48–49
  30. Pope Nicholas IV47
  31. Pope John XXI58–64
  32. Pope Adrian V69
  33. Pope Martin IV54
  34. Philip III of France29
  35. Pope Honorius IV61–66
  36. Duccio16–21
  37. Rudolf I of Germany56
  38. Charles I of Anjou48
  39. Cimabue31–36
  40. Yunus Emre30–35

Where the people alive in 1274 were born

The 40 best known of those alive in 1274. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (40 of 40 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list