Who Was Alive

Were Omar Khayyám and Hildegard of Bingen alive at the same time?

Yes. Omar Khayyám and Hildegard of Bingen were alive at the same time, from c. 1098 to 1131.

Omar Khayyám

Persian mathematician and poet

Born 1045–1051 · died 4 December 1131

Hildegard of Bingen

German Benedictine abbess, polymath, mystic and Doctor of Church

Born c. 1098 · died 17 September 1179

  1. William the Conqueror
  2. Omar Khayyám
  3. Al-Ghazali
  4. Hildegard of Bingen
  5. Averroes
  6. Zhu Xi
  7. Saladin
  8. Genghis Khan
Omar Khayyám and Hildegard of Bingen 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.