Who was alive in 1080?

428 well-known people were alive in 1080, 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)
Peter Abelard (1079–1142) — French scholastic philosopher, theologian and preeminent logician (c.1079-1142)
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)
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
Philip I of France (1052–1108) — king of the Franks from 1060 to 1108
Abdul Qadir Gilani (1078–1166) — Sunni Muslim preacher, mystic and jurist (1078–1166)
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)
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)
David IV of Georgia (1073–1125) — King of Georgia (1073-1125)
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
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)
Edgar Ætheling (1050–1125) — disputed King of England
Baldwin I of Jerusalem (1058–1118) — King of Jerusalem from 1100 to 1118
John Zonaras (1074–1145) — 12th century Byzantine chronicler and theologian
Judah Halevi (1075–1141) — Spanish-Jewish philosopher, poet and physician (c.1075–1141)
Lothair III (1075–1137) — Holy Roman Emperor from 1133 to 1137
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)
Baldwin II of Jerusalem (1075–1131) — Count of Edessa (r. 1100-1118) and King of Jerusalem (r. 1118–1131)
Milarepa (1040–1123) — Tibetan yogi
Alexander I of Scotland (1078–1124) — King of the Scots (1078-1124)
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)
Guillaume IX (1071–1126) — Duke of Aquitaine and Gascony and Count of Poitou
Alphonse I of Aragon (1073–1134) — King of Aragon Navarre, Leon, Castile, Toledo
Matilda of Scotland (1080–1118) — Queen consort of England
Donald III of Scotland (1033–1099) — King of Scots (1033-1099)
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.
Peter the Hermit (1050–1115) — 11th century French Christian priest and key figure during the First Crusade
Magnus Barefoot (1073–1103) — King of Norway
Edgar (1074–1107) — King of Scotland (1074-1107)
Abbot Suger (1080–1151) — French abbot-statesmen, historian and the influential first patron of Gothic architecture (1080-1151)
Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse (1041–1105) — Occitan noble
Tancred, Prince of Galilee (1075–1112) — Italo-Norman leader of the First Crusade (1075-1112)
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)
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
Mstislav I of Kiev (1076–1132) — grand prince of Kiev (1076–1132)
Ramiro II of Aragon (1080–1157) — King of Aragon and monk
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

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