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Who was alive in 1050?

428 well-known people were alive in 1050, including Omar Khayyám, Murasaki Shikibu, William the Conqueror. Here are the 80 most notable:

• Omar Khayyám (1048–1131) — Persian mathematician and poet (1048–1131)
• 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)
• Urban II (1035–1099) — 11th century pope and initiator of the Crusades
• Anselm of Canterbury (1033–1109) — 11th‑century Benedictine monk, Archbishop of Canterbury, philosopher and theologian
• Gregory VII (1020–1085) — Pope of the Catholic Church from 1073 to 1085
• 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
• Paschal II (1050–1118) — Head of the Catholic Church from 1099 to 1118
• Nicholas II (990–1061) — pope
• Victor II (1018–1057) — pope
• Lucius II (1050–1145) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1144 to 1145
• Henry IV (1050–1106) — Holy Roman Emperor from 1084 to 1105
• Stephen IX (1000–1058) — pope
• Victor III (1027–1087) — head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 1086 to 1087
• Alexios I Komnenos (1048–1118) — Byzantine emperor (1048–1118)
• 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)
• Henry I of France (1008–1060) — king of the Franks from 1031 to 1060 (1008–1060)
• 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.
• Shen Kuo (1031–1095) — Chinese scientist and statesman (1031-1095)
• 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
• 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
• Tughril I (990–1063) — Founder of the Seljuk Empire (1037–1063)
• Konstantinos IX Monomachos (1000–1055) — Byzantine emperor (1000-1055)
• Mahmud al-Kashgari (1029–1101) — Turkic scholar and lexicographer
• Su Shi (1037–1101) — Chinese writer and politician (1037–1101)
• Zoe Porphyrogenita (978–1050) — Byzantine Empress
• Isaac I Komnenos (1007–1060) — Byzantine Emperor
• Romanos IV Diogenes (1030–1072) — Byzantine emperor
• Rashi (1040–1105) — French rabbi and commentator (1040–1105)
• 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
• Matilda of Flanders (1031–1083) — wife of William the Conqueror and Queen consort of the Kingdom of England
• 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
• Malcolm III of Scotland (1031–1093) — King of Scotland from 1058 to 1093
• Hasan-i Sabbah (1037–1124) — The founder of the Ismaili state of Alamut and the Imam of the Nizari Ismailis (1081–1124)
• Ladislaus I of Hungary (1040–1095) — King of Hungary from 1077 to 1095
• Alfonso VI of León and Castile (1040–1109) — King of León (1065 to 1109), of Castile (1072 to 1109), and of Galicia (1071 to 1109)
• Michael VII Doukas (1050–1078) — Byzantine emperor
• Edgar Ætheling (1050–1125) — disputed King of England
• Peter Damian (1007–1072) — eleventh-century Benedictine monk
• Roger I of Sicily (1031–1101) — Grand Count of Sicily from 1071 to 1101
• Wang Anshi (1021–1086) — Song Dynasty chancellor and poet (1021-1086)
• John Skylitzes (1040–1110) — Greek historian (early 1040s – after 1101)
• Matilda of Tuscany (1040–1115) — Canossian dynasty countess of Tuscany (c.1046–1115)
• Michael VI Bringas (995–1059) — Byzantine emperor
• Ferdinand I of León and Castile (1016–1066) — King of Castile, then León and Castile (c.1015-1065) (r. 1035-1037 then 1037-1065)
• Milarepa (1040–1123) — Tibetan yogi
• Béla I of Hungary (1016–1063) — King of Hungary (1016-1063)
• Canute IV of Denmark (1043–1086) — King of Denmark from 1080 to 1086
• Cosmas of Prague (1045–1125) — Bohemian priest (c.1045–1125)
• Atish Dipankar (982–1054) — Bengali Buddhist scholar
• Ouyang Xiu (1007–1072) — Chinese poet, historian and statesman (1007–1072)
• Andrew I of Hungary (1015–1060) — King of Hungary (1015-1060)
• Donald III of Scotland (1033–1099) — King of Scots (1033-1099)
• Géza I of Hungary (1040–1077) — King of Hungary from 1074 to 1077
• Saint Margaret of Scotland (1045–1093) — Queen of Scotland from 1070 to 1093
• 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)
• Sancho II of León and Castile (1036–1072) — King of Leon and Castile
• Peter the Hermit (1050–1115) — 11th century French Christian priest and key figure during the First Crusade
• Michael I Cerularius (1005–1059) — Ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople
• Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse (1041–1105) — Occitan noble
• 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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