Who Was Alive

Were Otto I the Great and Ferdowsi alive at the same time?

Yes. Otto I the Great and Ferdowsi were alive at the same time for 33 years, from AD 940 to AD 973.

Otto I the Great was 27 when Ferdowsi was born.

Ferdowsi was 33 when Otto I the Great died, aged 60.

Otto I the Great

Holy Roman Emperor from 962 to 973

Born 23 November AD 912 · died 7 May AD 973, aged 60

Ferdowsi

Persian poet, author of Shahnameh

Born 3 January AD 940 · died c. 1020

  1. Abu Bakr al-Razi
  2. Farabi
  3. Otto I the Great
  4. Ferdowsi
  5. Ibn al-Haytham
  6. Leif Erikson
  7. Al-Biruni
  8. Avicenna
Otto I the Great and Ferdowsi 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.