Who Was Alive

Were Omar Khayyam and Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor alive at the same time?

Yes. Omar Khayyam and Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor were alive at the same time for 55 years, from 1045–1051 to 1106.

Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor was under a year old when Omar Khayyam was born.

Omar Khayyam

Omar Khayyam

Mathematician and poet

Born 1045–1051 · died 4 December 1131

Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor

Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor

Holy Roman Emperor

Born 11 November 1050 · died 7 August 1106, aged 55

  1. William the Conqueror, c. 1028 – 1087
  2. Omar Khayyam, c. 1049 – 1131
  3. Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor, 1050 – 1106
  4. Al-Ghazali, c. 1057 – 1111
  5. Peter Abelard, 1079 – 1142
  6. Hildegard of Bingen, c. 1098 – 1179
  7. Averroes, 1126 – 1198
  8. Zhu Xi, 1130 – 1200

Omar Khayyam and Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor 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.

Challenge a friend with this question Compare Omar Khayyam with someone else

Events both lived through

Where Omar Khayyam and Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor were born

Omar Khayyam and Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor are labelled, with the contemporaries on the timeline. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (8 of 8 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list