Al-Ghazali
Persian Sunni Muslim scholar and mystic
Born 1053–1059 · died 19 December 1111
Who was alive at the same time as Al-Ghazali?
When Al-Ghazali died, Peter Abelard was 31 or 32.
Born during Al-Ghazali’s lifetime: Hildegard of Bingen, Peter Abelard and Bernard of Clairvaux.
Not quite contemporaries: Averroes was born 15 years after Al-Ghazali died, Al-Biruni died 6 years before Al-Ghazali was born, Ibn al-Haytham died 14 years before Al-Ghazali was born and Frederick Barbarossa was born 11 years after Al-Ghazali died.