Who Was Alive

Were Omar Khayyám and Peter Abelard alive at the same time?

Yes. Omar Khayyám and Peter Abelard were alive at the same time for 51 or 52 years, from 1079 to 1131.

Peter Abelard was 51 or 52 when Omar Khayyám died.

Omar Khayyám

Persian mathematician and poet

Born 1045–1051 · died 4 December 1131

Peter Abelard

French scholastic philosopher, theologian and preeminent logician

Born 1079 · died 21 April 1142, aged 62 or 63

  1. William the Conqueror
  2. Omar Khayyám
  3. Al-Ghazali
  4. Peter Abelard
  5. Hildegard of Bingen
  6. Averroes
  7. Zhu Xi
  8. Saladin
Omar Khayyám and Peter Abelard 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.