Famous Lives
Who was alive at the same time: history's best known leaders, religious figures, explorers, thinkers, scientists, writers, composers and painters, each from birth to death in their field's color — never more than 12 at once.
Events 457 totals
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Jan
29
1263
Ibn Taymiyyah · 1263–1328
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Jun
6
1265
Dante Alighieri · 1265–1321
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Jan
1
1266
Giotto · 1266–1337
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Apr
16
1283
Margaret, Maid of Norway · 1283–1290
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May
2
1284
Edward II of England · 1284–1327
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Jan
1
1285
William of Ockham · 1285–1349
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Mar
3
1304
Ibn Battuta · 1304–1377
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Jul
27
1304
Petrarch · 1304–1374
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Nov
21
1312
Edward III of England · 1312–1377
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Jun
24
1313
Giovanni Boccaccio · 1313–1375
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May
14
1316
Charles IV · 1316–1378
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Mar
5
1324
David II of Scotland · 1324–1371
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Jan
1
1325
Hafez · 1325–1389
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Jan
1
1330
John Wycliffe · 1330–1385
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Jan
1
1343
Geoffrey Chaucer · 1343–1400
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Apr
2
1347
Catherine of Siena · 1347–1380
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Mar
8
1354
Bayezid I · 1354–1403
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Jan
1
1371
Zheng He · 1371–1435
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Jul
9
1372
Jan Hus · 1372–1415
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Jan
1
1383
Eugene IV · 1383–1447
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Jan
1
1390
Jan van Eyck · 1390–1441
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Mar
30
1394
Ulugh Beg · 1394–1449
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Jan
1
1400
Johannes Gutenberg · 1400–1468
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Jan
1
1401
Nicholas of Cusa · 1401–1464
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Dec
30
1401
Masaccio · 1401–1428
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