Who Was Alive

Famous people born in the 11th century

8 people we track were born in the 11th century. The best known are on the timeline.

  1. William the Conqueror
  2. Anselm of Canterbury
  3. Urban II
  4. Omar Khayyám
  5. Al-Ghazali
  6. Peter Abelard
  7. Bernard of Clairvaux
  8. Hildegard of Bingen
Drag across the timeline to see who was alive in any year and the age each person reached that year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.
  1. Omar Khayyám 1045–1051 – 1131
  2. Al-Ghazali 1053–1059 – 1111
  3. Hildegard of Bingen c. 1098 – 1179
  4. William the Conqueror 1027–1028 – 1087
  5. Peter Abelard 1079 – 1142
  6. Urban II c. 1035 – 1099
  7. Anselm of Canterbury c. 1033 – 1109
  8. Bernard of Clairvaux c. 1091 – 1153