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Pope John XIX
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Pope John XIX

Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born c. AD 975 · died October 1032
Also known as John XIX, Romanus, Ioannes XIX

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

  1. Hugh Capet, AD 940 – AD 996
  2. Ferdowsi, AD 940 – c. 1020
  3. Vladimir the Great, c. AD 956 – 1015
  4. Basil II, AD 958 – 1025
  5. Ibn al-Haytham, c. AD 965 – 1039
  6. Sei Shōnagon, c. AD 966 – c. 1025
  7. Pope Sergius IV, c. AD 970 – 1012
  8. Leif Erikson, c. AD 972 – c. 1020
  9. Pope Gregory V, AD 972 – AD 999
  10. Pope John XIX, c. AD 975 – 1032
  11. Stephen I of Hungary, c. AD 975 – 1038
  12. Al-Biruni, AD 973 – 1048
  13. Avicenna, c. AD 981 – 1037
  14. Pope Benedict VIII, c. AD 980 – 1024
  15. Pope Nicholas II, 990s – 1061
  16. Cnut, AD 994 – 1035
  17. Pope Gregory VI, c. 1000 – 1048
  18. Pope Damasus II, c. 1000 – 1048
  19. Pope Leo IX, 1002 – 1054
  20. Pope Clement II, 1005 – 1047
  21. Pope Alexander II, 1010s – 1073
  22. Harold Godwinson, c. 1023 – 1066
  23. Pope Victor III, c. 1028 – 1087
  24. William the Conqueror, c. 1028 – 1087

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When Pope John XIX died, Al-Biruni was 59, Cnut was 37 or 38, Pope Leo IX was 30, Pope Clement II was 26 or 27 and Yaroslav the Wise was 53 or 54.

Born during Pope John XIX’s lifetime: Avicenna, William the Conqueror, Cnut, Pope Leo IX, Pope Alexander II, Harold Godwinson, Pope Benedict VIII and Pope Gregory VI.

Not quite contemporaries: Omar Khayyam was born about 14 years after Pope John XIX died, Pope Urban II was born about a year after Pope John XIX died, Pope John XII died about 9 years before Pope John XIX was born and Pope Benedict V died about 8 years before Pope John XIX was born.

Where Pope John XIX’s contemporaries were born

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Compare Pope John XIX

The 39 best-known contemporaries

39 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Pope John XIX. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1005.

  1. Avicenna c. AD 981 – 1037
  2. Ferdowsi AD 940 – c. 1020
  3. William the Conqueror c. 1028 – 1087
  4. Al-Biruni AD 973 – 1048
  5. Ibn al-Haytham c. AD 965 – 1039
  6. Leif Erikson c. AD 972 – c. 1020
  7. Vladimir the Great c. AD 956 – 1015
  8. Hugh Capet AD 940 – AD 996
  9. Pope Gregory V AD 972 – AD 999
  10. Cnut AD 994 – 1035
  11. Pope Leo IX 1002 – 1054
  12. Pope Alexander II 1010s – 1073
  13. Harold Godwinson c. 1023 – 1066
  14. Pope Benedict VIII c. AD 980 – 1024
  15. Pope Gregory VI c. 1000 – 1048
  16. Pope Clement II 1005 – 1047
  17. Stephen I of Hungary c. AD 975 – 1038
  18. Pope Nicholas II 990s – 1061
  19. Pope Damasus II c. 1000 – 1048
  20. Sei Shōnagon c. AD 966 – c. 1025
  21. Pope Sergius IV c. AD 970 – 1012
  22. Basil II AD 958 – 1025
  23. Pope Victor III c. 1028 – 1087
  24. Bolesław I the Brave AD 967 – 1025
  25. Pope Sylvester III c. 1000 – c. 1065
  26. Erik the Red c. AD 950 – 1003
  27. Yaroslav the Wise AD 978 – 1054
  28. Alp Arslan 1029 – 1072
  29. Mahmud of Ghazni AD 971 – 1030
  30. Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor AD 955 – AD 983
  31. Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor AD 973 – 1024
  32. Henry I of France 1008 – 1060
  33. Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor AD 980 – 1002
  34. Robert II of France AD 972 – 1031
  35. Al-Ma'arri AD 973 – 1057
  36. Guido of Arezzo c. AD 992 – 1050
  37. Shen Kuo 1031 – 1095
  38. Anne of Kiev c. 1025 – 1070s
  39. Harald Hardrada c. 1015 – 1066