William the Conqueror
King of England from 1066 to 1087, Duke of Normandy from 1035 to 1087
Born 1027–1028 · died 9 September 1087
Who was alive at the same time as William the Conqueror?
When William the Conqueror died, Peter Abelard was 7 or 8.
Born during William the Conqueror’s lifetime: Omar Khayyám, Al-Ghazali, Peter Abelard, Urban II and Anselm of Canterbury.
Not quite contemporaries: Ferdowsi died 4 years before William the Conqueror was born, Hildegard of Bingen was born 9 years after William the Conqueror died, Leif Erikson died 4 years before William the Conqueror was born and Bernard of Clairvaux was born 2 years after William the Conqueror died.