Who Was Alive

Were Umar ibn Al-Khattāb and Mu'awiya I alive at the same time?

Yes. Umar ibn Al-Khattāb and Mu'awiya I were alive at the same time for 40 or 41 years, from AD 603 to AD 644.

Mu'awiya I was 40 or 41 when Umar ibn Al-Khattāb died.

Umar ibn Al-Khattāb

2nd Rashidun Caliph from 634 to 644

Born c. AD 586 · died 3 November AD 644

Mu'awiya I

Founder and first caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate

Born AD 603 · died AD 680, aged 76 or 77

  1. Gregory I
  2. Muhammad
  3. Abu Bakr
  4. Umar ibn Al-Khattāb
  5. Brahmagupta
  6. Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib
  7. Mu'awiya I
Umar ibn Al-Khattāb and Mu'awiya I 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.