Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1285?

35 of the people we track were surely alive in 1285. 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.

Died in 1285: Pope Martin IV, Philip III of France and Charles I of Anjou.

  1. Dante Alighieri17–22
  2. Marco Polo31
  3. Saadi Shirazi72–77
  4. Kublai Khan70
  5. Osman I27
  6. Giotto8–18
  7. Roger Bacon62–67
  8. William Wallace14–15
  9. Edward I46
  10. Pope Boniface VIII50
  11. Philip IV of France17
  12. Orhan4
  13. Mansa Musa2–7
  14. Pope Celestine V69–70
  15. Pope John XXII40–41
  16. Amir Khusrau31–32
  17. Ibn Taymiyya22
  18. Pope Clement V20–21
  19. Duns Scotus18–19
  20. Pope Benedict XII4–5
  21. Pope Innocent VI0–3
  22. Edward II1
  23. Robert the Bruce11
  24. Ramon Llull50–55
  25. Pope Benedict XI44–45
  26. Meister Eckhart22–27
  27. Pope Nicholas IV58
  28. Pope Martin IV65 †
  29. Philip III of France40 †
  30. Pope Honorius IV72–77
  31. Duccio27–32
  32. Rudolf I of Germany67
  33. Charles I of Anjou58 †
  34. Cimabue42–47
  35. Yunus Emre41–46

Where the people alive in 1285 were born

The 35 best known of those alive in 1285. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (34 of 35 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list