Who Was Alive

Were Yaroslav the Wise and Omar Khayyam alive at the same time?

Yes. Yaroslav the Wise and Omar Khayyam were alive at the same time, from 1045–1051 to 1054.

Yaroslav the Wise

Yaroslav the Wise

Politician

Born AD 978 · died 20 February 1054, aged 75 or 76

Omar Khayyam

Omar Khayyam

Mathematician and poet

Born 1045–1051 · died 4 December 1131

  1. Ferdowsi, AD 940 – c. 1020
  2. Al-Biruni, AD 973 – 1048
  3. Avicenna, c. AD 981 – 1037
  4. Yaroslav the Wise, AD 978 – 1054
  5. William the Conqueror, c. 1028 – 1087
  6. Omar Khayyam, c. 1049 – 1131
  7. Al-Ghazali, c. 1057 – 1111
  8. Hildegard of Bingen, c. 1098 – 1179
  9. Averroes, 1126 – 1198
  10. Zhu Xi, 1130 – 1200

Yaroslav the Wise and Omar Khayyam in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries; dashed lines mark world events. Drag across, or use the arrow keys, to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

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Where Yaroslav the Wise and Omar Khayyam were born

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