Who Was Alive

Were Marco Polo and Petrarch alive at the same time?

Yes. Marco Polo and Petrarch were alive at the same time for 19 years, from 1304 to 1324.

Marco Polo was 49 when Petrarch was born.

Petrarch was 19 when Marco Polo died, aged 69.

Marco Polo

Venetian explorer and merchant who travelled through Asia

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

Petrarch

Italian scholar and poet

Born 20 July 1304 · died 19 July 1374, aged 69

  1. Rumi
  2. Thomas Aquinas
  3. Marco Polo
  4. Dante Alighieri
  5. Ibn Battuta
  6. Petrarch
  7. Ibn Khaldun
  8. Geoffrey Chaucer
Marco Polo and Petrarch 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.