Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1288?

31 of the people we track were surely alive in 1288. 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 Alighieri20–25
  2. Marco Polo34
  3. Saadi Shirazi75–80
  4. Kublai Khan73
  5. Osman I30
  6. Giotto11–21
  7. Roger Bacon65–70
  8. William Wallace17–18
  9. Edward I49
  10. Pope Boniface VIII53
  11. Philip IV of France20
  12. Orhan7
  13. Mansa Musa5–10
  14. Pope Celestine V72–73
  15. Pope John XXII43–44
  16. Amir Khusrau34–35
  17. Ibn Taymiyya25
  18. Pope Clement V23–24
  19. Duns Scotus21–22
  20. Pope Benedict XII7–8
  21. Pope Innocent VI3–6
  22. Edward II4
  23. Robert the Bruce14
  24. Ramon Llull53–58
  25. Pope Benedict XI47–48
  26. Meister Eckhart25–30
  27. Pope Nicholas IV61
  28. Duccio30–35
  29. Rudolf I of Germany70
  30. Cimabue45–50
  31. Yunus Emre44–49

Where the people alive in 1288 were born

The 31 best known of those alive in 1288. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (30 of 31 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list