Who Was Alive

Were Otto I the Great and Ibn al-Haytham alive at the same time?

Yes. Otto I the Great and Ibn al-Haytham were alive at the same time, from c. AD 965 to AD 973.

Otto I the Great

Holy Roman Emperor from 962 to 973

Born 23 November AD 912 · died 7 May AD 973, aged 60

Ibn al-Haytham

Arab physicist, mathematician and astronomer

Born c. AD 965 · died 1039

  1. Abu Bakr al-Razi
  2. Farabi
  3. Otto I the Great
  4. Ferdowsi
  5. Ibn al-Haytham
  6. Leif Erikson
  7. Al-Biruni
  8. Avicenna
  9. William the Conqueror
Otto I the Great and Ibn al-Haytham 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.