Who was alive in AD 950?
11 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 950. 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.
Ferdowsi10- Al-Farabi77–82
Otto the Great38- Pope John XII10–15
Pope Benedict V47–52
Hugh Capet9–10- Pope Leo VIII32–37
Sviatoslav I5–10
Al-Masudi51–56- Constantine VII45
Olga of Kiev57–62
Where the people alive in AD 950 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
- Sviatoslav I: Kyiv
- Al-Masudi: Baghdad
- Constantine VII: Constantinople
- Olga of Kiev: Pskov