Who Was Alive

Were Omar Khayyam and Thomas Becket alive at the same time?

Yes. Omar Khayyam and Thomas Becket were alive at the same time, from c. 1119 to 1131.

Omar Khayyam

Omar Khayyam

Mathematician and poet

Born 1045–1051 · died 4 December 1131

Thomas Becket

Thomas Becket

English archbishop

Born c. 1119 · died 29 December 1170

  1. William the Conqueror, c. 1028 – 1087
  2. Omar Khayyam, c. 1049 – 1131
  3. Al-Ghazali, c. 1057 – 1111
  4. Hildegard of Bingen, c. 1098 – 1179
  5. Thomas Becket, c. 1119 – 1170
  6. Averroes, 1126 – 1198
  7. Zhu Xi, 1130 – 1200
  8. Saladin, 1138 – 1193
  9. Genghis Khan, 1162 – 1227

Omar Khayyam and Thomas Becket 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 Thomas Becket were born

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