Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1290?

33 of the people we track were surely alive in 1290. 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 Alighieri22–27
  2. Marco Polo36
  3. Saadi Shirazi77–82
  4. Kublai Khan75
  5. Osman I32
  6. Giotto13–23
  7. William of Ockham1–3
  8. Roger Bacon67–72
  9. William Wallace19–20
  10. Edward I51
  11. Pope Boniface VIII55
  12. Philip IV of France22
  13. Orhan9
  14. Mansa Musa7–12
  15. Pope Celestine V74–75
  16. Pope John XXII45–46
  17. Amir Khusrau36–37
  18. Ibn Taymiyya27
  19. Pope Clement V25–26
  20. Duns Scotus23–24
  21. Pope Benedict XII9–10
  22. Pope Innocent VI5–8
  23. Edward II6
  24. Robert the Bruce16
  25. Ramon Llull55–60
  26. Pope Benedict XI49–50
  27. Meister Eckhart27–32
  28. Pope Nicholas IV63
  29. Louis X of France1
  30. Duccio32–37
  31. Rudolf I of Germany72
  32. Cimabue47–52
  33. Yunus Emre46–51

Where the people alive in 1290 were born

The 33 best known of those alive in 1290. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (32 of 33 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list