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Who was alive in 1020?

430 well-known people were alive in 1020, 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)
• Gregory VII (1020–1085) — Pope of the Catholic Church from 1073 to 1085
• Cnut the Great (994–1035) — 11th-century King of Denmark, Norway, and England
• Leo IX (1002–1054) — Head of the Catholic Church from 1049 to 1054
• Alexander II (1010–1073) — Head of the Catholic Church from 1061 to 1073
• Benedict VIII (980–1024) — pope
• Gregory VI (1000–1048) — Pope from 1045 to 1046
• Clement II (1005–1047) — Head of the Catholic Church from 1046 to 1047
• Nicholas II (990–1061) — pope
• John XIX (975–1032) — pope
• Damasus II (1000–1048) — pope
• Stephen I of Hungary (975–1038) — 11th-century king of Hungary and saint
• Victor II (1018–1057) — pope
• Basil II (958–1025) — Byzantine Emperor from the Macedonian dynasty
• Stephen IX (1000–1058) — 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
• 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
• Henry I of France (1008–1060) — king of the Franks from 1031 to 1060 (1008–1060)
• 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
• Shri Ramanujacharya (1017–) — 12th-century Iconic indian social reformer and proponent of the Vishishtadvaita Vedanta school of philosophy.
• Harald III of Norway (1015–1066) — King of Norway from 1046 to 1066
• Lady Godiva (990–1067) — Anglo-Saxon noblewoman, Countess of Leicester
• Henry III (1016–1056) — Holy Roman Emperor
• Harold Harefoot (1016–1040) — King of England from 1035 to 1040
• Solomon ibn Gabirol (1020–1057) — 11th-century Andalusian poet and Jewish philosopher
• Ibn Hazm (994–1064) — Andalusian Muslim polymath, historian, jurist, philosopher and theologian (994–1064)
• Macbeth (1005–1057) — King of Scotland from 1040 to 1057
• Harthacanute (1018–1042) — King of England from 1040 to 1042, King of Denmark from 1035 à 1042
• 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)
• Zoe Porphyrogenita (978–1050) — Byzantine Empress
• Isaac I Komnenos (1007–1060) — Byzantine Emperor
• Konstantinos VIII (960–1028) — Byzantine emperor
• Konstantinos X Doukas (1006–1067) — Byzantine emperor
• Robert Guiscard (1016–1085) — Duke of Apulia and Calabria
• Nizam al-Mulk (1018–1092) — Persian Seljuk scholar, politician, vizier and court official (1018–1092)
• Nasir Khusraw (1004–1088) — 11th-century Persian Isma'ili poet, scholar, philosopher, and missionary
• 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
• Nikephoros III Botaneiates (1001–1081) — Byzantine emperor
• Michael Psellos (1018–1078) — 11th-century Byzantine monk, writer and court official
• Olaf II of Norway (995–1030) — King of Norway from 1015 to 1028
• Peter Damian (1007–1072) — eleventh-century Benedictine monk
• Michael V Kalaphates (1015–1042) — Byzantine emperor
• Duncan I of Scotland (1001–1040) — king of Scots from 1034 to 1040
• Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah (985–1021) — 6th Fatimid caliph (r. 996–1021) and 16th Ismaili Imam
• Michael IV the Paphlagonian (1010–1041) — Byzantine emperor
• Mieszko II (990–1034) — king of Poland (990-1034)
• Michael VI Bringas (995–1059) — Byzantine emperor
• Robert I, Duke of Normandy (1004–1035) — Robert "The Magnificent"
• Ferdinand I of León and Castile (1016–1066) — King of Castile, then León and Castile (c.1015-1065) (r. 1035-1037 then 1037-1065)
• Malcolm II of Scotland (954–1034) — king of Alban (954-1034)
• Peter, King of Hungary (1011–1046) — King of Hungary (r. 1038–1041, 1044–1046)
• Béla I of Hungary (1016–1063) — King of Hungary (1016-1063)
• Atish Dipankar (982–1054) — Bengali Buddhist scholar
• Samuel Aba (990–1044) — King of Hungary (born: c. 990 death: 1044)
• Ouyang Xiu (1007–1072) — Chinese poet, historian and statesman (1007–1072)
• Andrew I of Hungary (1015–1060) — King of Hungary (1015-1060)
• Olof Skötkonung (980–1022) — King of Sweden from c.995 to 1022
• Youssef ibn Tashfin (1009–1106) — Leader of the Almoravid dynasty (r. 1061–1106), founder of Marrakech and a key figure in consolidating power in southern Morocco before expanding into Al-Andalus.
• Casimir I the Restorer (1016–1058) — Polish king (1016-1058)
• Richard II (963–1026) — Duke of Normandy from 996 until 1026
• Seljuk (990–1038) — Ruler of Seljuk Turks
• Michael I Cerularius (1005–1059) — Ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople
• Sancho III of Navarre (990–1035) — King of Pamplona and ruler of Aragon from 1004 to 1035
• Hermann of Reichenau (1013–1054) — German 11th-century Benedictine monk
• Al-Bakri (1014–1094) — Arab Andalusian geographer and historian (c. 1040–1094)

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