Who Was Alive

Were Omar Khayyam and Stephen, King of England alive at the same time?

Yes. Omar Khayyam and Stephen, King of England were alive at the same time for 35 or 36 years, from 1095 to 1131.

Stephen, King of England was 35 or 36 when Omar Khayyam died.

Omar Khayyam

Omar Khayyam

Mathematician and poet

Born 1045–1051 · died 4 December 1131

Stephen, King of England

Stephen, King of England

Monarch of England

Born 1095 · died 25 October 1154, aged 58 or 59

  1. William the Conqueror, c. 1028 – 1087
  2. Omar Khayyam, c. 1049 – 1131
  3. Al-Ghazali, c. 1057 – 1111
  4. Stephen, King of England, 1095 – 1154
  5. Hildegard of Bingen, c. 1098 – 1179
  6. Averroes, 1126 – 1198
  7. Zhu Xi, 1130 – 1200
  8. Saladin, 1138 – 1193

Omar Khayyam and Stephen, King of England 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 Stephen, King of England were born

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