Who Was Alive

Were Kublai Khan and Thomas Aquinas alive at the same time?

Yes. Kublai Khan and Thomas Aquinas were alive at the same time for 48 or 49 years, from 1225 to 1274.

Kublai Khan was 9 or 10 when Thomas Aquinas was born.

Kublai Khan was 58 when Thomas Aquinas died, aged 48 or 49.

Kublai Khan

Founding emperor of the Yuan dynasty, grandson of Genghis Khan

Born 23 September 1215 · died 18 February 1294, aged 78

Thomas Aquinas

Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church

Born 1225 · died 7 March 1274, aged 48 or 49

  1. Genghis Khan
  2. Francis of Assisi
  3. Rumi
  4. Kublai Khan
  5. Thomas Aquinas
  6. Marco Polo
  7. Dante Alighieri
Kublai Khan and Thomas Aquinas in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries. Drag across to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.