Who Was Alive

Were Leif Erikson and Al-Biruni alive at the same time?

Yes. Leif Erikson and Al-Biruni were alive at the same time, from c. AD 972 to c. 1020.

Al-Biruni was about a year old when Leif Erikson was born.

Leif Erikson

Norse explorer

Born c. AD 972 · died c. 1020

Al-Biruni

11th-century Persian scholar and polymath

Born 4 September AD 973 · died 9 December 1048, aged 75

  1. Ferdowsi
  2. Ibn al-Haytham
  3. Leif Erikson
  4. Al-Biruni
  5. Avicenna
  6. William the Conqueror
Leif Erikson and Al-Biruni 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.