Who Was Alive

Were Abu Bakr al-Razi and Otto I the Great alive at the same time?

Yes. Abu Bakr al-Razi and Otto I the Great were alive at the same time for 12 or 13 years, from AD 912 to AD 925.

Abu Bakr al-Razi was 45 or 46 when Otto I the Great was born.

Otto I the Great was 12 or 13 when Abu Bakr al-Razi died.

Abu Bakr al-Razi

Persian polymath, physician, chemist and philosopher

Born AD 866 · died AD 925

Otto I the Great

Holy Roman Emperor from 962 to 973

Born 23 November AD 912 · died 7 May AD 973, aged 60

  1. Alfred the Great
  2. Abu Bakr al-Razi
  3. Farabi
  4. Otto I the Great
  5. Ferdowsi
  6. Ibn al-Haytham
Abu Bakr al-Razi and Otto I the Great in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries. Drag across to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.