Who Was Alive

Were Ferdowsi and Cnut alive at the same time?

Yes. Ferdowsi and Cnut were alive at the same time, from AD 994 to c. 1020.

Ferdowsi was 53 or 54 when Cnut was born.

Ferdowsi

Ferdowsi

Poet

Born 3 January AD 940 · died c. 1020

Cnut

Cnut

Monarch of Norway

Born AD 994 · died 12 November 1035, aged 40 or 41

  1. Al-Farabi, c. AD 870 – AD 951
  2. Ferdowsi, AD 940 – c. 1020
  3. Ibn al-Haytham, c. AD 965 – 1039
  4. Leif Erikson, c. AD 972 – c. 1020
  5. Al-Biruni, AD 973 – 1048
  6. Avicenna, c. AD 981 – 1037
  7. Cnut, AD 994 – 1035
  8. William the Conqueror, c. 1028 – 1087

Ferdowsi and Cnut in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries; dashed lines mark world events. Drag across, or use the arrow keys, to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

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Where Ferdowsi and Cnut were born

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