Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1279?

34 of the people we track were surely alive in 1279. 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 Alighieri11–16
  2. Marco Polo25
  3. Saadi Shirazi66–71
  4. Kublai Khan64
  5. Osman I21
  6. Giotto2–12
  7. Albertus Magnus76–81
  8. Roger Bacon56–61
  9. William Wallace8–9
  10. Nasreddin70–71
  11. Edward I40
  12. Pope Boniface VIII44
  13. Philip IV of France11
  14. Pope Celestine V63–64
  15. Pope John XXII34–35
  16. Amir Khusrau25–26
  17. Ibn Taymiyya16
  18. Alfonso X of Castile58
  19. Pope Clement V14–15
  20. Duns Scotus12–13
  21. Robert the Bruce5
  22. Ramon Llull44–49
  23. Pope Benedict XI38–39
  24. Meister Eckhart16–21
  25. Pope Nicholas III59–69
  26. Pope Nicholas IV52
  27. Pope Martin IV59
  28. Philip III of France34
  29. Pope Honorius IV66–71
  30. Duccio21–26
  31. Rudolf I of Germany61
  32. Charles I of Anjou53
  33. Cimabue36–41
  34. Yunus Emre35–40

Where the people alive in 1279 were born

The 34 best known of those alive in 1279. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (34 of 34 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list