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Pope John X
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Pope John X

Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born c. AD 860 · died c. AD 929
Also known as John X, Giovanni da Tossignano, Ioannes X

Who was alive at the same time as Pope John X?

  1. Pope Adrian II, AD 792 – AD 872
  2. Al-Kindi, c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  3. Muhammad al-Bukhari, AD 810 – AD 870
  4. Pope Formosus, c. AD 816 – AD 896
  5. Pope John VIII, c. AD 820 – AD 882
  6. Pope Nicholas I, c. AD 820 – AD 867
  7. Charles the Bald, AD 823 – AD 877
  8. Pope Marinus I, AD 830 – AD 884
  9. Rurik, AD 830 – AD 879
  10. Charles the Fat, c. AD 836 – AD 888
  11. Pope John IX, c. AD 840 – AD 900
  12. Pope Theodore II, AD 840 – AD 897
  13. Alfred the Great, AD 849 – c. AD 899
  14. Pope John X, c. AD 860 – c. AD 929
  15. Pope Sergius III, c. AD 860 – AD 911
  16. Rudaki, AD 859 – AD 941
  17. Abu Bakr al-Razi, AD 866 – AD 925
  18. Al-Farabi, c. AD 870 – AD 951
  19. Æthelstan, c. AD 895 – AD 939
  20. Al-Masudi, c. AD 896 – AD 957
  21. Pope Benedict V, c. AD 900 – AD 965
  22. Pope John XI, c. AD 910 – AD 936
  23. Otto the Great, AD 912 – AD 973
  24. Pope Leo VIII, c. AD 915 – AD 965

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Born during Pope John X’s lifetime: Al-Farabi, Abu Bakr al-Razi, Otto the Great, Pope Benedict V, Pope Leo VIII, Æthelstan, Pope John XI and Al-Masudi.

Not quite contemporaries: Al-Khwarizmi died about 5 years before Pope John X was born, Ferdowsi was born about 8 years after Pope John X died, Pope Gregory IV died about 14 years before Pope John X was born and Pope John XII was born about 3 years after Pope John X died.

Where Pope John X’s contemporaries were born

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Birthplaces as a list

Compare Pope John X

The 37 best-known contemporaries

37 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Pope John X. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 895.

  1. Alfred the Great AD 849 – c. AD 899
  2. Al-Farabi c. AD 870 – AD 951
  3. Abu Bakr al-Razi AD 866 – AD 925
  4. Otto the Great AD 912 – AD 973
  5. Al-Kindi c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  6. Charles the Bald AD 823 – AD 877
  7. Muhammad al-Bukhari AD 810 – AD 870
  8. Pope John VIII c. AD 820 – AD 882
  9. Pope Benedict V c. AD 900 – AD 965
  10. Pope Adrian II AD 792 – AD 872
  11. Pope Formosus c. AD 816 – AD 896
  12. Pope Sergius III c. AD 860 – AD 911
  13. Pope Leo VIII c. AD 915 – AD 965
  14. Pope Marinus I AD 830 – AD 884
  15. Pope Nicholas I c. AD 820 – AD 867
  16. Pope John IX c. AD 840 – AD 900
  17. Æthelstan c. AD 895 – AD 939
  18. Pope John XI c. AD 910 – AD 936
  19. Pope Theodore II AD 840 – AD 897
  20. Charles the Fat c. AD 836 – AD 888
  21. Rudaki AD 859 – AD 941
  22. Al-Masudi c. AD 896 – AD 957
  23. Rurik AD 830 – AD 879
  24. Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj AD 821 – AD 875
  25. Constantine VII AD 905 – AD 959
  26. Al-Tabari c. AD 839 – AD 922
  27. Henry the Fowler c. AD 876 – AD 936
  28. Charles the Simple AD 879 – AD 929
  29. Al-Hallaj c. AD 858 – AD 922
  30. Olga of Kiev c. AD 890 – AD 969
  31. John Scotus Eriugena 800s – AD 877
  32. Louis the German c. AD 806 – AD 876
  33. Arnulf of Carinthia c. AD 850 – AD 899
  34. Leo VI the Wise AD 866 – AD 912
  35. Edmund I c. AD 920 – AD 946
  36. Robert I of France AD 860 – AD 923
  37. Al-Jahiz AD 775 – c. AD 869