Who Was Alive

Famous people born in the 13th century

11 people we track were born in the 13th century. The best known are on the timeline.

  1. Rumi
  2. Saadi
  3. Louis IX of France
  4. Kublai Khan
  5. Roger Bacon
  6. Thomas Aquinas
  7. Marco Polo
  8. Osman I
  9. Dante Alighieri
  10. Giotto
  11. William of Ockham
Drag across the timeline to see who was alive in any year and the age each person reached that year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.
  1. Dante Alighieri c. 1265 – 1321
  2. Marco Polo 1254 – 1324
  3. Thomas Aquinas 1225 – 1274
  4. Rumi 1207 – 1273
  5. Saadi c. 1210 – 1292
  6. Kublai Khan 1215 – 1294
  7. Osman I 1258 – 1326
  8. Giotto 1266–1276 – 1337
  9. William of Ockham 1287–1288 – c. 1349
  10. Louis IX of France 1214–1215 – 1270
  11. Roger Bacon c. 1220 – 1292