Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1287?

32 of the people we track were surely alive in 1287. 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 1287: Pope Honorius IV.

  1. Dante Alighieri19–24
  2. Marco Polo33
  3. Saadi Shirazi74–79
  4. Kublai Khan72
  5. Osman I29
  6. Giotto10–20
  7. Roger Bacon64–69
  8. William Wallace16–17
  9. Edward I48
  10. Pope Boniface VIII52
  11. Philip IV of France19
  12. Orhan6
  13. Mansa Musa4–9
  14. Pope Celestine V71–72
  15. Pope John XXII42–43
  16. Amir Khusrau33–34
  17. Ibn Taymiyya24
  18. Pope Clement V22–23
  19. Duns Scotus20–21
  20. Pope Benedict XII6–7
  21. Pope Innocent VI2–5
  22. Edward II3
  23. Robert the Bruce13
  24. Ramon Llull52–57
  25. Pope Benedict XI46–47
  26. Meister Eckhart24–29
  27. Pope Nicholas IV60
  28. Pope Honorius IV†
  29. Duccio29–34
  30. Rudolf I of Germany69
  31. Cimabue44–49
  32. Yunus Emre43–48

Where the people alive in 1287 were born

The 32 best known of those alive in 1287. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (31 of 32 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list