Who Was Alive

Were Ferdowsi and Pope Leo IX alive at the same time?

Yes. Ferdowsi and Pope Leo IX were alive at the same time, from 1002 to c. 1020.

Ferdowsi was 62 when Pope Leo IX was born.

Ferdowsi

Ferdowsi

Poet

Born 3 January AD 940 · died c. 1020

Pope Leo IX

Pope Leo IX

Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born 21 June 1002 · died 19 April 1054, aged 51

  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. Pope Leo IX, 1002 – 1054
  8. William the Conqueror, c. 1028 – 1087
  9. Omar Khayyam, c. 1049 – 1131

Ferdowsi and Pope Leo IX 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 Pope Leo IX were born

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