Who was alive in AD 944?
11 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 944. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year; a range such as 17–21 means the birth year itself is uncertain.
Ferdowsi4- Al-Farabi71–76
Otto the Great32- Pope John XII4–9
Pope Benedict V41–46
Hugh Capet3–4- Pope Leo VIII26–31
Al-Masudi45–50- Constantine VII39
Olga of Kiev51–56
Edmund I21–26
Where the people alive in AD 944 were born
Birthplaces as a list
- Ferdowsi: Tus
- Al-Farabi: Otrar
- Otto the Great: Wallhausen
- Pope John XII: Rome
- Pope Benedict V: Rome
- Hugh Capet: Dourdan
- Pope Leo VIII: Rome
- Al-Masudi: Baghdad
- Constantine VII: Constantinople
- Olga of Kiev: Pskov
- Edmund I: Kingdom of Wessex