Who Was Alive

Were Omar Khayyam and Anna Komnene alive at the same time?

Yes. Omar Khayyam and Anna Komnene were alive at the same time for 48 years, from 1083 to 1131.

Anna Komnene was 48 when Omar Khayyam died.

Omar Khayyam

Omar Khayyam

Mathematician and poet

Born 1045–1051 · died 4 December 1131

Anna Komnene

Anna Komnene

Historian

Born 1 December 1083 · died 1151–1156

  1. William the Conqueror, c. 1028 – 1087
  2. Omar Khayyam, c. 1049 – 1131
  3. Al-Ghazali, c. 1057 – 1111
  4. Anna Komnene, 1083 – c. 1154
  5. Hildegard of Bingen, c. 1098 – 1179
  6. Averroes, 1126 – 1198
  7. Zhu Xi, 1130 – 1200
  8. Saladin, 1138 – 1193

Omar Khayyam and Anna Komnene 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 Omar Khayyam and Anna Komnene were born

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