Who Was Alive
Yunus Emre
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Yunus Emre

Ottoman poet and mystic

Born c. 1241 · died c. 1321
Also known as Derviş Yûnus

Who was alive at the same time as Yunus Emre?

  1. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1194 – 1250
  2. Albertus Magnus, c. 1200 – 1280
  3. Rumi, 1207 – 1273
  4. Saadi Shirazi, c. 1210 – 1292
  5. Nasreddin, 1208 – 1284
  6. Louis IX of France, c. 1215 – 1270
  7. Kublai Khan, 1215 – 1294
  8. Roger Bacon, c. 1220 – 1292
  9. Thomas Aquinas, 1225 – 1274
  10. Pope Boniface VIII, 1235 – 1303
  11. Yunus Emre, c. 1241 – c. 1321
  12. Edward I, 1239 – 1307
  13. Marco Polo, 1254 – 1324
  14. Osman I, 1258 – 1326
  15. Dante Alighieri, c. 1265 – 1321
  16. Giotto, c. 1272 – 1337
  17. Philip IV of France, 1268 – 1314
  18. William Wallace, 1270 – 1305
  19. Orhan, 1281 – 1362
  20. William of Ockham, c. 1288 – c. 1349
  21. Ibn Battuta, 1304 – c. 1368
  22. Petrarch, 1304 – 1374
  23. Edward III, 1312 – 1377
  24. Giovanni Boccaccio, 1313 – 1375

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Born during Yunus Emre’s lifetime: Dante Alighieri, Marco Polo, Ibn Battuta, Petrarch, Giovanni Boccaccio, Osman I, Giotto and William of Ockham.

Not quite contemporaries: Genghis Khan died about 12 years before Yunus Emre was born, Ibn Khaldun was born about 8 years after Yunus Emre died, Timur was born about 12 years after Yunus Emre died and Francis of Assisi died about 13 years before Yunus Emre was born.

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Where Yunus Emre’s contemporaries were born

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The 68 best-known contemporaries

68 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Yunus Emre. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1282.

  1. Dante Alighieri c. 1265 – 1321
  2. Marco Polo 1254 – 1324
  3. Thomas Aquinas 1225 – 1274
  4. Ibn Battuta 1304 – c. 1368
  5. Petrarch 1304 – 1374
  6. Rumi 1207 – 1273
  7. Giovanni Boccaccio 1313 – 1375
  8. Saadi Shirazi c. 1210 – 1292
  9. Kublai Khan 1215 – 1294
  10. Osman I 1258 – 1326
  11. Giotto c. 1272 – 1337
  12. William of Ockham c. 1288 – c. 1349
  13. Albertus Magnus c. 1200 – 1280
  14. Louis IX of France c. 1215 – 1270
  15. Roger Bacon c. 1220 – 1292
  16. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor 1194 – 1250
  17. William Wallace 1270 – 1305
  18. Nasreddin 1208 – 1284
  19. Edward I 1239 – 1307
  20. Pope Boniface VIII 1235 – 1303
  21. Philip IV of France 1268 – 1314
  22. Orhan 1281 – 1362
  23. Edward III 1312 – 1377
  24. Mansa Musa c. 1280 – 1337
  25. Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor 1316 – 1378
  26. Pope Celestine V 1215 – 1296
  27. Alexander Nevsky 1220 – 1263
  28. Batu Khan c. 1205 – c. 1255
  29. Hulegu Khan 1217 – 1265
  30. Bonaventure 1221 – 1274
  31. Pope John XXII 1244 – 1334
  32. Amir Khusrau 1253 – 1325
  33. Ibn Taymiyya c. 1263 – c. 1328
  34. Pope Urban V 1310 – 1370
  35. Alfonso X of Castile 1221 – 1284
  36. Pope Clement V 1264 – 1314
  37. Duns Scotus 1266 – 1308
  38. Pope Benedict XII 1280 – 1342
  39. Pope Innocent VI c. 1284 – 1362
  40. Edward II 1284 – 1327
  41. Pope Urban IV c. 1185 – 1264
  42. Henry III of England 1207 – 1272
  43. Pope Gregory X 1210 – 1276
  44. Pope Clement VI 1291 – 1352
  45. Robert the Bruce 1274 – 1329
  46. Nasir al-Din al-Tusi 1201 – 1274
  47. Ramon Llull c. 1233 – c. 1316
  48. Pope Benedict XI 1240 – 1304
  49. Meister Eckhart c. 1260 – c. 1328
  50. Pope Clement IV 1190 – 1268
  51. Pope Nicholas III 1210s – 1280
  52. Pope Innocent V 1225 – 1276
  53. Pope Nicholas IV 1227 – 1292
  54. Pope John XXI c. 1213 – 1277
  55. Clare of Assisi 1194 – 1253
  56. Pope Adrian V 1205 – 1276
  57. Pope Martin IV 1220 – 1285
  58. Philip III of France 1245 – 1285
  59. Philip VI of France 1293 – 1350
  60. Pope Honorius IV c. 1210 – 1287
  61. Bridget of Sweden 1303 – 1373
  62. Louis X of France 1289 – 1316
  63. Charles IV of France 1294 – 1328
  64. Duccio c. 1255 – 1319
  65. Rudolf I of Germany 1218 – 1291
  66. Charles I of Anjou 1226 – 1285
  67. Cimabue c. 1240 – 1302
  68. Casimir III the Great 1310 – 1370