Who was alive in 1300?

643 well-known people were alive in 1300, including Dante Alighieri, Marco Polo, Osman I. 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)
Osman I (1258–1326) — founder of the Ottoman Empire (died 1323/4)
Giotto (1267–1337) — Italian painter and architect (c. 1267–1337)
William of Ockham (1287–1349) — English Franciscan friar and theologian (c.1287–1347)
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)
Orhan (1281–1362) — second Ottoman Sultan (r. ca. 1324–1362)
Mansa Musa (1280–1337) — 14th-century emperor (mansa) of the Mali Empire
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)
Edward II of England (1284–1327) — King of England from 1307 to 1327
Benedict XII (1280–1342) — pope of the Catholic Church 1334–1342
Innocent VI (1285–1362) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1353 to 1362
Robert I of Scotland (1274–1329) — King of Scotland (1306–1329)
Clement VI (1291–1352) — Pope of the Catholic Church and the fourth Avignon Pope (1342–1352)
Ramon Llull (1232–1316) — Majorcan writer and philosopher (c.1232–1315/6)
Meister Eckhart (1260–1328) — German philosopher and theologian
Benedict XI (1240–1304) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1303 to 1304
Philip VI of France (1293–1350) — King of France from 1328 to 1350
Louis X of France (1289–1316) — King of France from 1314 to 1316
Duccio di Buoninsegna (1255–1319) — Italian painter
Charles IV of France (1294–1328) — King of France and Navarre from 1322 to 1328 (1294–1328)
Cimabue (1240–1302) — Italian artist (1240–1302)
Yunus Emre (1241–1321) — Turkish folk poet and Sufi mystic
Philip V of France (1293–1322) — King of France and Navarre (r. 1316-1322)
Rashid-al-Din Hamadani (1247–1318) — Persian physician and historian (1247-1318)
Louis IV of Bavaria (1282–1347) — Duke of Bavaria and Holy Roman Emperor
Ivan I of Moscow (1288–1340) — Prince of Moscow and Grand Prince of Vladimir
Guillaume de Machaut (1300–1377) — Medieval French composer and poet (c. 1300–1377)
John VI Kantakouzenos (1292–1383) — Byzantine emperor from 1347 to 1354 (1292–1383)
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
Roch (1295–1327) — Christian saint
Andronikos III Palaiologos (1297–1341) — Byzantine emperor (r. 1328–1341)
Madhvacharya (1238–1317) — 13th-century Hindu Dvaita philosopher
John of Bohemia (1296–1346) — king of Bohemia
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)
Simone Martini (1284–1344) — Italian painter
Isabella of France (1296–1358) — Queen consort of England
Gediminas (1275–1341) — Grand Duke of Lithuania (1316-1341)
Afonso IV of Portugal (1291–1357) — King of Portugal
John IV Laskaris (1251–1305) — 13th-century emperor of Nicaea
Władysław I the Elbow-high (1260–1333) — King of Poland (1260-1333)
Jean Buridan (1295–1358) — medieval philosopher (ca. 1300-1358)
Gregory Palamas (1296–1359) — 14th century Byzantine Greek cleric and theologian
Charles I of Hungary (1288–1342) — King of Hungary
Guido Cavalcanti (1255–1300) — Italian poet (1258-1300)
Wenceslaus II of Bohemia (1271–1305) — King of Bohemia and Poland
Ambrogio Lorenzetti (1290–1348) — Italian painter (1290-1348)
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
Daniel of Moscow (1261–1303) — Russian prince and saint (1261-1303)
Temür Khan (1265–1307) — 2nd emperor of the Yuan Dynasty
Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (1289–1306) — King of Hungary, Bohemia and Poland
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)
Öz Beg Khan (1283–1341) — Khan of the Golden Horde
Andrew III of Hungary (1265–1301) — King of Hungary and Croatia between 1290 and 1301
Pietro Lorenzetti (1280–1348) — Italian painter (c. 1280–1348)
Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya (1292–1350) — Syrian Islamic jurist, theologian and spiritual writer (1292-1350)
Muhammad ibn Tughluq (1297–1351) — 18th Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate and 2nd from the Tughluq dynasty
Qutuz (1260–1300) — 3rd Sultan of the Egyptian Mamluk Sultanate (r. 1259–1260)
Yury of Moscow (1281–1325) — Grand prince of Moscow (1281-1325)
Algirdas (1296–1377) — Grand Duke of Lithuania (1345–1377)
Marsilius of Padua (1275–1342) — Italian philosopher (1275–1342)
Marie of Brabant, Queen of France (1254–1321) — Queen consort of France
Gertrude the Great (1256–1301) — Roman Catholic Saint
Charles II of Naples (1254–1309) — king of Naples from 1284 to 1309

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