Al-Ghazali · Bernard of Clairvaux Were Al-Ghazali and Bernard of Clairvaux alive at the same time? Yes. Al-Ghazali and Bernard of Clairvaux were alive at the same time, from c. 1091 to 1111. Al-GhazaliPersian Sunni Muslim scholar and mysticBorn 1053–1059 · died 19 December 1111Bernard of ClairvauxBurgundian saint, abbot and theologianBorn c. 1091 · died 20 August 1153 William the ConquerorUrban IIOmar KhayyámAl-GhazaliPeter AbelardBernard of ClairvauxHildegard of BingenAverroesZhu XiSaladin Al-Ghazali and Bernard of Clairvaux 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.