Who Was Alive

Were Al-Biruni and Avicenna alive at the same time?

Yes. Al-Biruni and Avicenna were alive at the same time, from AD 977–983 to 1037.

Al-Biruni was 63 when Avicenna died.

Al-Biruni

11th-century Persian scholar and polymath

Born 4 September AD 973 · died 9 December 1048, aged 75

Avicenna

Persian polymath, physician and philosopher

Born AD 977–983 · died 18 June 1037

  1. Ferdowsi
  2. Ibn al-Haytham
  3. Leif Erikson
  4. Al-Biruni
  5. Avicenna
  6. William the Conqueror
Al-Biruni and Avicenna 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.