Who Was Alive

Were Ibn al-Haytham and Sei Shōnagon alive at the same time?

Yes. Ibn al-Haytham and Sei Shōnagon were alive at the same time, from c. AD 966 to c. 1025.

Ibn al-Haytham

Ibn al-Haytham

Physicist and mathematician

Born c. AD 965 · died 1039

Sei Shōnagon

Sei Shōnagon

Japanese writer

Born c. AD 966 · died c. 1025

  1. Ferdowsi, AD 940 – c. 1020
  2. Ibn al-Haytham, c. AD 965 – 1039
  3. Sei Shōnagon, c. AD 966 – c. 1025
  4. Leif Erikson, c. AD 972 – c. 1020
  5. Al-Biruni, AD 973 – 1048
  6. Avicenna, c. AD 981 – 1037
  7. William the Conqueror, c. 1028 – 1087

Ibn al-Haytham and Sei Shōnagon 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 Ibn al-Haytham and Sei Shōnagon were born

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