Who was alive in 1280?

586 well-known people were alive in 1280, including Dante Alighieri, Marco Polo, Saadi. Here are the 80 most notable:

Dante Alighieri (1265–1321) — Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)
Marco Polo (1254–1324) — Venetian explorer and merchant who travelled through Asia (1254–1324)
Saadi (1210–1292) — Persian poet
Kublai Khan (1215–1294) — founding emperor of the Yuan dynasty, grandson of Genghis Khan (1215–1294)
Osman I (1258–1326) — founder of the Ottoman Empire (died 1323/4)
Giotto (1267–1337) — Italian painter and architect (c. 1267–1337)
Albertus Magnus (1200–1280) — German-Dominican friar and saint (c. 1200–1280)
Roger Bacon (1220–1292) — English polymath, philosopher and friar (c.1219/20–c.1292)
Nasreddin (1208–1284) — philosopher, Sufi and wise man from Turkey, remembered for his funny stories and anecdotes
Edward I of England (1239–1307) — King of England from 1272 to 1307
William Wallace (1270–1305) — Scottish knight and leading figure in the First War of Scottish Independence
Boniface VIII (1235–1303) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1294 to 1303
Philip IV of France (1268–1314) — King of France from 1285 to 1314 (1268–1314)
Mansa Musa (1280–1337) — 14th-century emperor (mansa) of the Mali Empire
Celestine V (1215–1296) — 13th‑century Italian hermit and founder of the Celestines, Catholic saint, first pope to resign
Ibn Taymiyyah (1263–1328) — Islamic scholar, jurist and philosopher (1263–1328)
John XXII (1244–1334) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1316 to 1334
Amir Khusrau (1253–1325) — Indian poet, writer, singer and scholar (1253–1325)
Clement V (1264–1314) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1305 to 1314 (1264–1314)
Duns Scotus (1266–1308) — Scottish Franciscan friar and philosopher (c. 1265/66–1308)
Alfonso X of Castile and Leon (1221–1284) — King of Castile from 1252 to 1284
Benedict XII (1280–1342) — pope of the Catholic Church 1334–1342
Robert I of Scotland (1274–1329) — King of Scotland (1306–1329)
Ramon Llull (1232–1316) — Majorcan writer and philosopher (c.1232–1315/6)
Meister Eckhart (1260–1328) — German philosopher and theologian
Nicholas III (1215–1280) — Pope from 1277 to 1280
Benedict XI (1240–1304) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1303 to 1304
Nicholas IV (1227–1292) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1288 to 1292 (1227–1292)
Martin IV (1220–1285) — Head of the Catholic Church from 1281 to 1285
Philip III of France (1245–1285) — king of France from 1270 to 1285 (1245–1285)
Honorius IV (1210–1287) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1285 to 1287
Duccio di Buoninsegna (1255–1319) — Italian painter
Rudolph I of Germany (1218–1291) — count of Habsburg, king of Germany (1218–1291)
Cimabue (1240–1302) — Italian artist (1240–1302)
Yunus Emre (1241–1321) — Turkish folk poet and Sufi mystic
Charles I of Naples (1226–1285) — King of Sicily (1226-1285)
Rashid-al-Din Hamadani (1247–1318) — Persian physician and historian (1247-1318)
Michael VIII Palaiologos (1224–1282) — founder of the Palaiologan dynasty (1224–1282)
Alexander III of Scotland (1241–1286) — King of Scots 1249–1286
Andronikos II Palaiologos (1259–1332) — Byzantine Emperor from 1282 to 1328
Joan I of Navarre (1273–1305) — queen regnant of Navarre and queen consort of France
Madhvacharya (1238–1317) — 13th-century Hindu Dvaita philosopher
William of Rubruck (1220–1293) — Flemish Franciscan missionary and explorer
Peter III of Aragon (1240–1285) — King of Aragon and Valencia (1276–85); King of Sicily (1282–85)
Albert I of Germany (1255–1308) — King of Germany (1255-1308)
Denis I of Portugal (1261–1325) — King of Portugal
Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor (1275–1313) — King of the Romans from 1308 to 1313 (1275–1313)
Ibn al-Nafis (1215–1280) — Arab polymath and physician (1213–1288)
Gediminas (1275–1341) — Grand Duke of Lithuania (1316-1341)
Eleanor of Castile (1241–1290) — Infanta of Castile and queen consort of England
John IV Laskaris (1251–1305) — 13th-century emperor of Nicaea
Władysław I the Elbow-high (1260–1333) — King of Poland (1260-1333)
Guido Cavalcanti (1255–1300) — Italian poet (1258-1300)
Wenceslaus II of Bohemia (1271–1305) — King of Bohemia and Poland
Eleanor of Provence (1222–1291) — Queen of England (1223-1291)
Adam de la Halle (1237–1288) — French poet, composer and trouvère
John of Scotland (1249–1314) — King of Scots
James II of Aragon (1267–1327) — King of Aragon and Valencia, Count of Barcelona and King of Sicily (1267-1327)
Ghazan I (1271–1304) — the seventh Ilkhan of Mongol Ilkhanate (1295–1304)
Michael IX Palaiologos (1277–1320) — Byzantine co-emperor
Margaret of Provence (1221–1295) — Queen of France 1234-1270
Nichiren (1222–1282) — Founder of Nichiren Buddhism in Japan
Daniel of Moscow (1261–1303) — Russian prince and saint (1261-1303)
Temür Khan (1265–1307) — 2nd emperor of the Yuan Dynasty
Arnolfo di Cambio (1242–1306) — Italian architect and sculptor (1240–1302)
Charles of Valois (1270–1325) — French prince (1270-1325)
Elizabeth of Aragon (1271–1336) — Queen of Portugal (1271-1336)
Abulfeda (1273–1331) — geographer and leader (1273–1331)
Bar Hebraeus (1226–1286) — Primate of Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch (1226–1286)
Adolf, King of the Romans (1255–1298) — King of Germany (1292-1298), count of Nassau (1276-1298)
Andrew III of Hungary (1265–1301) — King of Hungary and Croatia between 1290 and 1301
Pietro Lorenzetti (1280–1348) — Italian painter (c. 1280–1348)
Qutuz (1260–1300) — 3rd Sultan of the Egyptian Mamluk Sultanate (r. 1259–1260)
Przemysł II (1257–1296) — King of Poland, Duke of Greater Poland (1257-1296)
Marsilius of Padua (1275–1342) — Italian philosopher (1275–1342)
Jacobus de Voragine (1228–1298) — Italian Dominican friar, archbishop of Genoa and author
Abaqa Khan (1234–1282) — the second Ilkhan of Mongol Ilkhanate (1265–1282)
Marie of Brabant, Queen of France (1254–1321) — Queen consort of France
Gertrude the Great (1256–1301) — Roman Catholic Saint
Alfonso III of Aragon (1265–1291) — King of Aragon

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