Omar Khayyám · Al-Ghazali Were Omar Khayyám and Al-Ghazali alive at the same time? Yes. Omar Khayyám and Al-Ghazali were alive at the same time, from 1053–1059 to 1111. Omar KhayyámPersian mathematician and poetBorn 1045–1051 · died 4 December 1131Al-GhazaliPersian Sunni Muslim scholar and mysticBorn 1053–1059 · died 19 December 1111 William the ConquerorUrban IIOmar KhayyámAl-GhazaliPeter AbelardHildegard of BingenAverroesZhu Xi Omar Khayyám and Al-Ghazali 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.