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Who was alive in 1070?

416 well-known people were alive in 1070, including Omar Khayyám, Al-Ghazali, William the Conqueror. Here are the 80 most notable:

• Omar Khayyám (1048–1131) — Persian mathematician and poet (1048–1131)
• Al-Ghazali (1056–1111) — Persian Sunni Muslim scholar and mystic (c.1058–1111)
• 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
• Henry I of England (1068–1135) — King of England from 1100 to 1135 (1068–1135)
• Alexander II (1010–1073) — Head of the Catholic Church from 1061 to 1073
• Callixtus II (1065–1124) — Pope from 1119 to 1124
• Paschal II (1050–1118) — Head of the Catholic Church from 1099 to 1118
• William II of England (1056–1100) — King of England from 1087 to 1100
• Lucius II (1050–1145) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1144 to 1145
• Henry IV (1050–1106) — Holy Roman Emperor from 1084 to 1105
• Godfrey of Bouillon (1060–1100) — Medieval Frankish knight
• 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)
• Gelasius II (1060–1119) — Pope from 1118 to 1119
• Alp Arslan (1029–1072) — second sultan of the Seljuk Empire (1063–1072)
• Philip I of France (1052–1108) — king of the Franks from 1060 to 1108
• 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
• Vladimir II Monomakh (1053–1125) — Grand Prince of Kiev (1053-1125)
• Malik-Shah I (1055–1092) — During his rule as the Sultan of the Seljuk Empire from 1072 to 1092, Sultan Malik-Shah I played a crucial role in the history of medieval Islam.
• Mahmud al-Kashgari (1029–1101) — Turkic scholar and lexicographer
• Su Shi (1037–1101) — Chinese writer and politician (1037–1101)
• Romanos IV Diogenes (1030–1072) — Byzantine emperor
• Rashi (1040–1105) — French rabbi and commentator (1040–1105)
• Nestor the Chronicler (1056–1114) — Saint and chronicler of Kievan Rus'
• Robert Guiscard (1016–1085) — Duke of Apulia and Calabria
• Nizam al-Mulk (1018–1092) — Persian Seljuk scholar, politician, vizier and court official (1018–1092)
• Bohemond I of Antioch (1054–1111) — Prince of Taranto and Prince of Antioch
• 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
• Robert Curthose (1051–1134) — Duke of Normandy
• 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
• Baldwin I of Jerusalem (1058–1118) — King of Jerusalem from 1100 to 1118
• 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)
• Milarepa (1040–1123) — Tibetan yogi
• Canute IV of Denmark (1043–1086) — King of Denmark from 1080 to 1086
• Cosmas of Prague (1045–1125) — Bohemian priest (c.1045–1125)
• Coloman (1070–1116) — king of Hungary (1095-1116)
• Ouyang Xiu (1007–1072) — Chinese poet, historian and statesman (1007–1072)
• 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.
• 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
• Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse (1041–1105) — Occitan noble
• Al-Bakri (1014–1094) — Arab Andalusian geographer and historian (c. 1040–1094)
• Sancho Ramírez (1045–1094) — King of Aragon and Pamplone
• Duncan II of Scotland (1060–1094) — King of Scots
• Sima Guang (1019–1086) — Chinese politician, writer, and historian during the Northern Song dynasty (1019–1086)
• Sweyn II of Denmark (1020–1076) — King of Denmark from 1047 to 1076
• Eudokia Makrembolitissa (1021–1096) — Byzantine Empress from 1059 to 1071
• Bolesław II the Generous (1042–1081) — King of Poland
• Bertha of Holland (1055–1094) — French Queen
• Eric I of Denmark (1056–1103) — Danish monarch
• Clement III (1025–1100) — antipope 1080 to 1100
• Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī (1027–1100) — Muslim instrument maker, astrologer, and astronomer
• Solomon (1053–1087) — King of Hungary (1053-1087)
• Adela of Normandy (1067–1137) — Countess of Blois from 1089 to 1102
• Peter I of Aragon and Pamplona (1068–1104) — King of Aragon and Pamplona
• Robert I of Burgundy (1011–1076) — Duke of Burgundy
• Su Song (1020–1101) — Chinese polymath and statesman (1020–1101)
• Iziaslav I of Kiev (1024–1078) — grand prince of Kiev (r. 1054–1068; 1069–1073; 1077–1078)
• Bruno of Cologne (1030–1101) — founder of the Carthusian Order (1030–1101)
• Vsevolod I of Kiev (1030–1093) — grand prince of Kiev (1030-1093)

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