Who Was Alive

Were Hildegard of Bingen and Genghis Khan alive at the same time?

Yes. Hildegard of Bingen and Genghis Khan were alive at the same time for 17 years, from 1162 to 1179.

Genghis Khan was 17 when Hildegard of Bingen died.

Hildegard of Bingen

German Benedictine abbess, polymath, mystic and Doctor of Church

Born c. 1098 · died 17 September 1179

Genghis Khan

Founder and first khan of the Mongol Empire

Born 31 May 1162 · died 25 August 1227, aged 65

  1. Omar Khayyám
  2. Al-Ghazali
  3. Hildegard of Bingen
  4. Averroes
  5. Saladin
  6. Genghis Khan
  7. Francis of Assisi
  8. Rumi
  9. Thomas Aquinas
Hildegard of Bingen and Genghis Khan 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.