Who Was Alive

Were Al-Ghazali and Hildegard of Bingen alive at the same time?

Yes. Al-Ghazali and Hildegard of Bingen were alive at the same time, from c. 1098 to 1111.

Al-Ghazali

Persian Sunni Muslim scholar and mystic

Born 1053–1059 · died 19 December 1111

Hildegard of Bingen

German Benedictine abbess, polymath, mystic and Doctor of Church

Born c. 1098 · died 17 September 1179

  1. William the Conqueror
  2. Urban II
  3. Omar Khayyám
  4. Al-Ghazali
  5. Peter Abelard
  6. Hildegard of Bingen
  7. Averroes
  8. Saladin
  9. Genghis Khan
Al-Ghazali and Hildegard of Bingen 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.