Who Was Alive

Were Marco Polo and Dante Alighieri alive at the same time?

Yes. Marco Polo and Dante Alighieri were alive at the same time, from c. 1265 to 1321.

Marco Polo was 67 when Dante Alighieri died.

Marco Polo

Venetian explorer and merchant who travelled through Asia

Born 15 September 1254 · died 8 January 1324, aged 69

Dante Alighieri

Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher

Born c. 1265 · died 14 September 1321

  1. Rumi
  2. Thomas Aquinas
  3. Marco Polo
  4. Dante Alighieri
  5. Ibn Battuta
  6. Petrarch
Marco Polo and Dante Alighieri 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.