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
1
955
Otto II · 955–983
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Jan
1
956
Vladimir the Great · 956–1015
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Jan
1
957
Basil II · 957–1025
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Jan
1
965
Ibn al-Haytham · 965–1041
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Jan
1
966
Sei Shōnagon · 966–1025
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Jan
1
969
Stephen I of Hungary · 969–1038
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Jan
1
970
Murasaki Shikibu · 970–1031
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Jan
1
972
Leif Erikson · 972–1020
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Jan
1
980
Avicenna · 980–1037
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Jan
1
994
Cnut the Great · 994–1035
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Jul
24
1013
Hermann of Reichenau · 1013–1054
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Jan
1
1018
Michael Psellos · 1018–1078
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Jan
1
1020
Solomon ibn Gabirol · 1020–1058
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Jan
1
1022
Harold Godwinson · 1022–1066
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Nov
14
1028
William the Conqueror · 1028–1087
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Jan
1
1031
Shen Kuo · 1031–1095
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Jan
1
1033
Anselm of Canterbury · 1033–1109
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Jan
14
1037
Su Shi · 1037–1101
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Jan
1
1043
Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar · 1043–1099
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May
15
1048
Omar Khayyám · 1048–1131
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Dec
31
1049
Shri Ramanujacharya · c. 1000–c. 1100
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Nov
17
1050
Henry IV · 1050–1106
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Jan
1
1075
Judah Halevi · 1075–1141
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Jan
1
1079
Peter Abelard · 1079–1142
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Dec
7
1081
Louis VI of France · 1081–1137
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