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Who was alive in 1030?

437 well-known people were alive in 1030, including Avicenna, Murasaki Shikibu, William the Conqueror. 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)
• William the Conqueror (1028–1087) — King of England from 1066 to 1087, Duke of Normandy from 1035 to 1087 (1028–1087)
• 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)
• 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
• Harold Godwinson (1026–1066) — Anglo-Saxon King of England in 1066
• 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
• Stephen IX (1000–1058) — pope
• Victor III (1027–1087) — head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 1086 to 1087
• Sylvester III (1000–1060) — pope
• Yaroslav the Wise (978–1054) — Grand Prince of Kiev from 1019 to 1054
• Alp Arslan (1029–1072) — second sultan of the Seljuk Empire (1063–1072)
• Mahmud of Ghazni (971–1030) — Sultan of the Ghaznavid Empire from 998 to 1030
• 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.
• Anne of Kyiv (1025–1070) — French Queen, middle daughter of Yaroslav the Wise, Grand Prince of Kyiv and Novgorod
• 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)
• Mahmud al-Kashgari (1029–1101) — Turkic scholar and lexicographer
• Zoe Porphyrogenita (978–1050) — Byzantine Empress
• Isaac I Komnenos (1007–1060) — Byzantine Emperor
• Romanos IV Diogenes (1030–1072) — 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
• Wang Anshi (1021–1086) — Song Dynasty chancellor and poet (1021-1086)
• 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)
• Magnus the Good (1024–1047) — King of Norway and Denmark
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• Lulach (1030–1058) — Scottish king (1030-1058)
• Sima Guang (1019–1086) — Chinese politician, writer, and historian during the Northern Song dynasty (1019–1086)

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