Who Was Alive

Were Saadi and Dante Alighieri alive at the same time?

Yes. Saadi and Dante Alighieri were alive at the same time, from c. 1265 to 1292.

Saadi

Persian poet

Born c. 1210 · died 9 December 1292

Dante Alighieri

Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher

Born c. 1265 · died 14 September 1321

  1. Genghis Khan
  2. Rumi
  3. Saadi
  4. Thomas Aquinas
  5. Marco Polo
  6. Dante Alighieri
  7. Ibn Battuta
  8. Petrarch
Saadi 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.