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Who was alive in 1000?

410 well-known people were alive in 1000, including Avicenna, Murasaki Shikibu, Ferdowsi. Here are the 80 most notable:

• Avicenna (980–1037) — Persian polymath, physician and philosopher (c. 980–1037)
• Murasaki Shikibu (970–) — Japanese novelist and poet (c.973–c.1014)
• Ferdowsi (940–1020) — Persian poet, author of Shahnameh (940–1020)
• Al-Biruni (973–1048) — 11th-century Persian scholar and polymath (973–1048)
• Ibn al-Haytham (965–1039) — Persian physicist, mathematician and astronomer (c. 965 – c. 1040)
• Leif Erikson (972–1020) — norse explorer (c. 970 – c. 1020)
• Vladimir the Great (956–1015) — Grand Prince of Kiev
• Cnut the Great (994–1035) — 11th-century King of Denmark, Norway, and England
• Benedict VIII (980–1024) — pope
• John XIV (984–1000) — pope
• Gregory VI (1000–1048) — Pope from 1045 to 1046
• Nicholas II (990–1061) — pope
• John XV (996–1000) — pope
• John XIX (975–1032) — pope
• Damasus II (1000–1048) — pope
• Sergius IV (970–1012) — Pope from 1009 to 1012
• Stephen I of Hungary (975–1038) — 11th-century king of Hungary and saint
• Basil II (958–1025) — Byzantine Emperor from the Macedonian dynasty
• Stephen IX (1000–1058) — pope
• Stephen VIII (942–1000) — pope
• Sei Shōnagon (966–1025) — Japanese author and court lady
• Sylvester III (1000–1060) — pope
• Bolesław I the Brave (967–1025) — first King of Poland (967–1025)
• Yaroslav the Wise (978–1054) — Grand Prince of Kiev from 1019 to 1054
• Erik the Red (950–1003) — explorer and founder of the first viking settlement in Greenland
• Mahmud of Ghazni (971–1030) — Sultan of the Ghaznavid Empire from 998 to 1030
• Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor (973–1024) — Holy Roman Emperor from 1014 to 1024
• Otto III (980–1002) — Holy Roman Emperor from 996 to 1002
• Robert II of France (972–1031) — king of the Franks from 996 to 1031
• al-Ma'arri (973–1057) — medieval Arab poet and thinker
• Guido of Arezzo (992–1050) — 11th century Italian monk, inventor of modern musical notation
• Æthelred the Unready (967–1016) — King of England
• Sweyn I of Denmark (963–1014) — King of Denmark, England, and Norway
• Edmund II of England (988–1016) — King of the English, Wessex dynasty
• Lady Godiva (990–1067) — Anglo-Saxon noblewoman, Countess of Leicester
• Ibn Hazm (994–1064) — Andalusian Muslim polymath, historian, jurist, philosopher and theologian (994–1064)
• Tughril I (990–1063) — Founder of the Seljuk Empire (1037–1063)
• Conrad II (990–1039) — Holy Roman Emperor
• Konstantinos IX Monomachos (1000–1055) — Byzantine emperor (1000-1055)
• Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi (936–1010) — Arab Andalusian physician, surgeon and chemist (936–1013)
• Zoe Porphyrogenita (978–1050) — Byzantine Empress
• Konstantinos VIII (960–1028) — Byzantine emperor
• Romanos III Argyros (968–1034) — Byzantine emperor
• Theodora Porphyrogenita (984–1056) — Byzantine empress regnant (984-1056)
• Emma of Normandy (987–1052) — Norman princess and mother of Edward the Confessor
• Olaf II of Norway (995–1030) — King of Norway from 1015 to 1028
• Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah (985–1021) — 6th Fatimid caliph (r. 996–1021) and 16th Ismaili Imam
• Olaf I of Norway (960–1000) — King of Norway
• Mieszko II (990–1034) — king of Poland (990-1034)
• Michael VI Bringas (995–1059) — Byzantine emperor
• Malcolm II of Scotland (954–1034) — king of Alban (954-1034)
• Samuel of Bulgaria (958–1014) — Tsar of Bulgaria from 997 to 1014
• Atish Dipankar (982–1054) — Bengali Buddhist scholar
• Harald II of Denmark (989–1018) — King of Denmark
• Samuel Aba (990–1044) — King of Hungary (born: c. 990 death: 1044)
• Gregory of Narek (951–1003) — Armenian monk
• Olof Skötkonung (980–1022) — King of Sweden from c.995 to 1022
• Brian Boru (941–1014) — High King of Ireland
• Richard II (963–1026) — Duke of Normandy from 996 until 1026
• Seljuk (990–1038) — Ruler of Seljuk Turks
• Bagrat III of Georgia (960–1014) — King of Georgia
• Sancho III of Navarre (990–1035) — King of Pamplona and ruler of Aragon from 1004 to 1035
• Adelaide of Aquitaine (950–1004) — French noble woman and queens consort
• Kenneth III of Scotland (1000–1005) — King of Alba
• Ibn Miskawayh (932–1030) — Persian philosopher and historian ( 932–1030)
• Almanzor (938–1002) — Arab Andalusian military leader and statesman (c.938-1002)
• Abhinavagupta (950–1020) — Indian philosopher and writer (c.950–1016)
• Abū-Sa'īd Abul-Khayr (967–1049) — Persian poet and Sufi mystic (967–1049)
• Cunigunde of Luxembourg (978–1039) — Luxembourgian noble and saint (978–1039)
• Sviatopolk I of Kiev (979–1019) — grand prince of Kiev (978-1019)
• Hisham II (965–1013) — ruler of Córdoba (r. 976–1009) (1010–1013)
• Thietmar of Merseburg (975–1019) — German bishop and historian (975–1018)
• Alfonso V of León (994–1028) — King of León
• Rajaraja I (947–1014) — Chola Emperor
• Symeon the New Theologian (949–1022) — Christian saint, monk, and theologian
• Thorfinn Karlsefni (980–1020) — Icelandic explorer
• Gisela of Hungary (985–1065) — German princess, Hungarian queen consort and Roman Catholic blessed
• Zoe Karbonopsina (900–1000) — Byzantine Emperor's wife
• Al-Muqaddasi (945–1000) — Arab geographer (c. 945/946–991)
• Al-ʻIjliyyah (950–) — Syrian scientist, mathematician, and astronomer, astrolabe maker

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