Who Was Alive
Pope Benedict VIII
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Pope Benedict VIII

Served as Pope

Born c. AD 980 · died 15 April 1024
Also known as Benedict VIII, Benedictus VIII, Theophylactus

Who was alive at the same time as Pope Benedict VIII?

  1. Hugh Capet, AD 940 – AD 996
  2. Ferdowsi, AD 940 – c. 1020
  3. Erik the Red, c. AD 950 – 1003
  4. Vladimir the Great, c. AD 956 – 1015
  5. Basil II, AD 958 – 1025
  6. Ibn al-Haytham, c. AD 965 – 1039
  7. Sei Shōnagon, c. AD 966 – c. 1025
  8. Bolesław I the Brave, AD 967 – 1025
  9. Pope Sergius IV, c. AD 970 – 1012
  10. Leif Erikson, c. AD 972 – c. 1020
  11. Pope Gregory V, AD 972 – AD 999
  12. Stephen I of Hungary, c. AD 975 – 1038
  13. Pope John XIX, c. AD 975 – 1032
  14. Al-Biruni, AD 973 – 1048
  15. Pope Benedict VIII, c. AD 980 – 1024
  16. Avicenna, c. AD 981 – 1037
  17. Pope Nicholas II, 990s – 1061
  18. Cnut, AD 994 – 1035
  19. Pope Gregory VI, c. 1000 – 1048
  20. Pope Damasus II, c. 1000 – 1048
  21. Pope Sylvester III, c. 1000 – c. 1065
  22. Pope Leo IX, 1002 – 1054
  23. Pope Clement II, 1005 – 1047
  24. Pope Alexander II, 1010s – 1073

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When Pope Benedict VIII died, Al-Biruni was 50, Cnut was 29 or 30, Pope Leo IX was 21, Pope Clement II was 18 and Basil II was 65 or 66.

Born during Pope Benedict VIII’s lifetime: Cnut, Pope Leo IX, Pope Alexander II, Pope Gregory VI, Pope Clement II, Pope Nicholas II, Pope Damasus II and Pope Sylvester III.

Not quite contemporaries: William the Conqueror was born about 3 years after Pope Benedict VIII died, Pope Urban II was born about 9 years after Pope Benedict VIII died, Anselm of Canterbury was born about 7 years after Pope Benedict VIII died and Otto the Great died about 5 years before Pope Benedict VIII was born.

Where Pope Benedict VIII’s contemporaries were born

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Compare Pope Benedict VIII

The 33 best-known contemporaries

33 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Pope Benedict VIII. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1004.

  1. Avicenna c. AD 981 – 1037
  2. Ferdowsi AD 940 – c. 1020
  3. Al-Biruni AD 973 – 1048
  4. Ibn al-Haytham c. AD 965 – 1039
  5. Leif Erikson c. AD 972 – c. 1020
  6. Vladimir the Great c. AD 956 – 1015
  7. Hugh Capet AD 940 – AD 996
  8. Pope Gregory V AD 972 – AD 999
  9. Cnut AD 994 – 1035
  10. Pope Leo IX 1002 – 1054
  11. Pope Alexander II 1010s – 1073
  12. Pope Gregory VI c. 1000 – 1048
  13. Pope Clement II 1005 – 1047
  14. Stephen I of Hungary c. AD 975 – 1038
  15. Pope Nicholas II 990s – 1061
  16. Pope John XIX c. AD 975 – 1032
  17. Pope Damasus II c. 1000 – 1048
  18. Sei Shōnagon c. AD 966 – c. 1025
  19. Pope Sergius IV c. AD 970 – 1012
  20. Basil II AD 958 – 1025
  21. Bolesław I the Brave AD 967 – 1025
  22. Pope Sylvester III c. 1000 – c. 1065
  23. Erik the Red c. AD 950 – 1003
  24. Yaroslav the Wise AD 978 – 1054
  25. Mahmud of Ghazni AD 971 – 1030
  26. Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor AD 955 – AD 983
  27. Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor AD 973 – 1024
  28. Henry I of France 1008 – 1060
  29. Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor AD 980 – 1002
  30. Robert II of France AD 972 – 1031
  31. Al-Ma'arri AD 973 – 1057
  32. Guido of Arezzo c. AD 992 – 1050
  33. Harald Hardrada c. 1015 – 1066