Who Was Alive
Erik the Red
Arngrímur Jónsson, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Erik the Red

Norwegian explorer

Born c. AD 950 · died 1003
Also known as Eirik Raude, Eirikr Thorvaldsson, Eiríkur Rauði

Who was alive at the same time as Erik the Red?

  1. Al-Masudi, c. AD 896 – AD 957
  2. Pope Benedict V, c. AD 900 – AD 965
  3. Otto the Great, AD 912 – AD 973
  4. Pope Leo VIII, c. AD 915 – AD 965
  5. Pope John XII, c. AD 937 – AD 964
  6. Hugh Capet, AD 940 – AD 996
  7. Sviatoslav I, c. AD 942 – AD 972
  8. Ferdowsi, AD 940 – c. 1020
  9. Erik the Red, c. AD 950 – 1003
  10. Vladimir the Great, c. AD 956 – 1015
  11. Ibn al-Haytham, c. AD 965 – 1039
  12. Sei Shōnagon, c. AD 966 – c. 1025
  13. Leif Erikson, c. AD 972 – c. 1020
  14. Pope Gregory V, AD 972 – AD 999
  15. Stephen I of Hungary, c. AD 975 – 1038
  16. Pope John XIX, c. AD 975 – 1032
  17. Al-Biruni, AD 973 – 1048
  18. Avicenna, c. AD 981 – 1037
  19. Pope Benedict VIII, c. AD 980 – 1024
  20. Pope Nicholas II, 990s – 1061
  21. Cnut, AD 994 – 1035
  22. Pope Gregory VI, c. 1000 – 1048
  23. Pope Damasus II, c. 1000 – 1048
  24. Pope Leo IX, 1002 – 1054

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When Erik the Red died, Ferdowsi was 62 or 63, Al-Biruni was 29 or 30, Pope Leo IX was about a year old, Mahmud of Ghazni was 31 or 32 and Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor was 29 or 30.

Born during Erik the Red’s lifetime: Avicenna, Al-Biruni, Ibn al-Haytham, Leif Erikson, Vladimir the Great, Pope Gregory V, Cnut and Pope Leo IX.

Not quite contemporaries: Pope Alexander II was born about 6 years after Erik the Red died, Æthelstan died about 9 years before Erik the Red was born, Pope John XI died about 11 years before Erik the Red was born and Pope Clement II was born about a year after Erik the Red died.

Where Erik the Red’s contemporaries were born

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Birthplaces as a list

Compare Erik the Red

The 37 best-known contemporaries

37 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Erik the Red. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 978.

  1. Avicenna c. AD 981 – 1037
  2. Ferdowsi AD 940 – c. 1020
  3. Al-Biruni AD 973 – 1048
  4. Ibn al-Haytham c. AD 965 – 1039
  5. Leif Erikson c. AD 972 – c. 1020
  6. Otto the Great AD 912 – AD 973
  7. Pope John XII c. AD 937 – AD 964
  8. Pope Benedict V c. AD 900 – AD 965
  9. Vladimir the Great c. AD 956 – 1015
  10. Hugh Capet AD 940 – AD 996
  11. Pope Gregory V AD 972 – AD 999
  12. Pope Leo VIII c. AD 915 – AD 965
  13. Cnut AD 994 – 1035
  14. Pope Leo IX 1002 – 1054
  15. Sviatoslav I c. AD 942 – AD 972
  16. Pope Benedict VIII c. AD 980 – 1024
  17. Pope Gregory VI c. 1000 – 1048
  18. Stephen I of Hungary c. AD 975 – 1038
  19. Pope Nicholas II 990s – 1061
  20. Pope John XIX c. AD 975 – 1032
  21. Pope Damasus II c. 1000 – 1048
  22. Al-Masudi c. AD 896 – AD 957
  23. Sei Shōnagon c. AD 966 – c. 1025
  24. Pope Sergius IV c. AD 970 – 1012
  25. Basil II AD 958 – 1025
  26. Constantine VII AD 905 – AD 959
  27. Bolesław I the Brave AD 967 – 1025
  28. Pope Sylvester III c. 1000 – c. 1065
  29. Yaroslav the Wise AD 978 – 1054
  30. Mahmud of Ghazni AD 971 – 1030
  31. Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor AD 955 – AD 983
  32. Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor AD 973 – 1024
  33. Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor AD 980 – 1002
  34. Olga of Kiev c. AD 890 – AD 969
  35. Robert II of France AD 972 – 1031
  36. Al-Ma'arri AD 973 – 1057
  37. Guido of Arezzo c. AD 992 – 1050