Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1283?

35 of the people we track were surely alive in 1283. 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 Alighieri15–20
  2. Marco Polo29
  3. Saadi Shirazi70–75
  4. Kublai Khan68
  5. Osman I25
  6. Giotto6–16
  7. Roger Bacon60–65
  8. William Wallace12–13
  9. Nasreddin74–75
  10. Edward I44
  11. Pope Boniface VIII48
  12. Philip IV of France15
  13. Orhan2
  14. Mansa Musa0–5
  15. Pope Celestine V67–68
  16. Pope John XXII38–39
  17. Amir Khusrau29–30
  18. Ibn Taymiyya20
  19. Alfonso X of Castile62
  20. Pope Clement V18–19
  21. Duns Scotus16–17
  22. Pope Benedict XII2–3
  23. Robert the Bruce9
  24. Ramon Llull48–53
  25. Pope Benedict XI42–43
  26. Meister Eckhart20–25
  27. Pope Nicholas IV56
  28. Pope Martin IV63
  29. Philip III of France38
  30. Pope Honorius IV70–75
  31. Duccio25–30
  32. Rudolf I of Germany65
  33. Charles I of Anjou57
  34. Cimabue40–45
  35. Yunus Emre39–44

Where the people alive in 1283 were born

The 35 best known of those alive in 1283. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (34 of 35 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list