Who Was Alive
Pope Leo VIII
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Pope Leo VIII

Served as Pope

Born c. AD 915 · died 1–31 March AD 965
Also known as Leo VIII

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

  1. Al-Tabari, c. AD 839 – AD 922
  2. Al-Hallaj, c. AD 858 – AD 922
  3. Pope John X, c. AD 860 – c. AD 929
  4. Rudaki, AD 859 – AD 941
  5. Abu Bakr al-Razi, AD 866 – AD 925
  6. Al-Farabi, c. AD 870 – AD 951
  7. Henry the Fowler, c. AD 876 – AD 936
  8. Charles the Simple, AD 879 – AD 929
  9. Olga of Kiev, c. AD 890 – AD 969
  10. Æthelstan, c. AD 895 – AD 939
  11. Al-Masudi, c. AD 896 – AD 957
  12. Pope Benedict V, c. AD 900 – AD 965
  13. Constantine VII, AD 905 – AD 959
  14. Pope John XI, c. AD 910 – AD 936
  15. Otto the Great, AD 912 – AD 973
  16. Pope Leo VIII, c. AD 915 – AD 965
  17. Pope John XII, c. AD 937 – AD 964
  18. Hugh Capet, AD 940 – AD 996
  19. Sviatoslav I, c. AD 942 – AD 972
  20. Ferdowsi, AD 940 – c. 1020
  21. Erik the Red, c. AD 950 – 1003
  22. Vladimir the Great, c. AD 956 – 1015
  23. Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor, AD 955 – AD 983
  24. Basil II, AD 958 – 1025

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When Pope Leo VIII died, Ferdowsi was 25, Otto the Great was 52, Hugh Capet was 24 or 25, Basil II was 6 or 7 and Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor was 9 or 10.

Born during Pope Leo VIII’s lifetime: Ferdowsi, Pope John XII, Vladimir the Great, Hugh Capet, Sviatoslav I, Basil II, Erik the Red and Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor.

Not quite contemporaries: Avicenna was born about 13 years after Pope Leo VIII died, Al-Biruni was born about 8 years after Pope Leo VIII died, Leif Erikson was born about 5 years after Pope Leo VIII died and Alfred the Great died about 12 years before Pope Leo VIII was born.

Where Pope Leo VIII’s contemporaries were born

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Compare Pope Leo VIII

The 25 best-known contemporaries

25 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Pope Leo VIII. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 942.

  1. Ferdowsi AD 940 – c. 1020
  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. Pope John XII c. AD 937 – AD 964
  6. Pope Benedict V c. AD 900 – AD 965
  7. Vladimir the Great c. AD 956 – 1015
  8. Hugh Capet AD 940 – AD 996
  9. Pope John X c. AD 860 – c. AD 929
  10. Sviatoslav I c. AD 942 – AD 972
  11. Æthelstan c. AD 895 – AD 939
  12. Pope John XI c. AD 910 – AD 936
  13. Rudaki AD 859 – AD 941
  14. Al-Masudi c. AD 896 – AD 957
  15. Basil II AD 958 – 1025
  16. Constantine VII AD 905 – AD 959
  17. Al-Tabari c. AD 839 – AD 922
  18. Henry the Fowler c. AD 876 – AD 936
  19. Charles the Simple AD 879 – AD 929
  20. Erik the Red c. AD 950 – 1003
  21. Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor AD 955 – AD 983
  22. Al-Hallaj c. AD 858 – AD 922
  23. Olga of Kiev c. AD 890 – AD 969
  24. Edmund I c. AD 920 – AD 946
  25. Robert I of France AD 860 – AD 923