Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1281?

34 of the people we track were surely alive in 1281. 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 1281: Orhan.

  1. Dante Alighieri13–18
  2. Marco Polo27
  3. Saadi Shirazi68–73
  4. Kublai Khan66
  5. Osman I23
  6. Giotto4–14
  7. Roger Bacon58–63
  8. William Wallace10–11
  9. Nasreddin72–73
  10. Edward I42
  11. Pope Boniface VIII46
  12. Philip IV of France13
  13. Orhanborn
  14. Pope Celestine V65–66
  15. Pope John XXII36–37
  16. Amir Khusrau27–28
  17. Ibn Taymiyya18
  18. Alfonso X of Castile60
  19. Pope Clement V16–17
  20. Duns Scotus14–15
  21. Pope Benedict XII0–1
  22. Robert the Bruce7
  23. Ramon Llull46–51
  24. Pope Benedict XI40–41
  25. Meister Eckhart18–23
  26. Pope Nicholas IV54
  27. Pope Martin IV61
  28. Philip III of France36
  29. Pope Honorius IV68–73
  30. Duccio23–28
  31. Rudolf I of Germany63
  32. Charles I of Anjou55
  33. Cimabue38–43
  34. Yunus Emre37–42

Where the people alive in 1281 were born

The 34 best known of those alive in 1281. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (34 of 34 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list