Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1278?

34 of the people we track were surely alive in 1278. 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. Dante Alighieri10–15
  2. Marco Polo24
  3. Saadi Shirazi65–70
  4. Kublai Khan63
  5. Osman I20
  6. Giotto1–11
  7. Albertus Magnus75–80
  8. Roger Bacon55–60
  9. William Wallace7–8
  10. Nasreddin69–70
  11. Edward I39
  12. Pope Boniface VIII43
  13. Philip IV of France10
  14. Pope Celestine V62–63
  15. Pope John XXII33–34
  16. Amir Khusrau24–25
  17. Ibn Taymiyya15
  18. Alfonso X of Castile57
  19. Pope Clement V13–14
  20. Duns Scotus11–12
  21. Robert the Bruce4
  22. Ramon Llull43–48
  23. Pope Benedict XI37–38
  24. Meister Eckhart15–20
  25. Pope Nicholas III58–68
  26. Pope Nicholas IV51
  27. Pope Martin IV58
  28. Philip III of France33
  29. Pope Honorius IV65–70
  30. Duccio20–25
  31. Rudolf I of Germany60
  32. Charles I of Anjou52
  33. Cimabue35–40
  34. Yunus Emre34–39

Where the people alive in 1278 were born

The 34 best known of those alive in 1278. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (34 of 34 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list