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Who was alive in 1100?

488 well-known people were alive in 1100, including Omar Khayyám, Al-Ghazali, Hildegard of Bingen. 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)
• Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179) — German Benedictine abbess, polymath, mystic and Doctor of Church (1098–1179)
• Peter Abelard (1079–1142) — French scholastic philosopher, theologian and preeminent logician (c.1079-1142)
• Anselm of Canterbury (1033–1109) — 11th‑century Benedictine monk, Archbishop of Canterbury, philosopher and theologian
• Bernard of Clairvaux (1091–1153) — Burgundian saint, abbot and theologian (1090-1153)
• Alexander III (1100–1181) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1159 to 1181
• Henry I of England (1068–1135) — King of England from 1100 to 1135 (1068–1135)
• Gregory VIII (1100–1187) — Pope of the Roman Catholic Church in 1187
• 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
• Innocent II (1100–1143) — Pope of the Catholic Church (1130–1143)
• 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
• Alexios I Komnenos (1048–1118) — Byzantine emperor (1048–1118)
• Gelasius II (1060–1119) — Pope from 1118 to 1119
• Honorius II (1100–1130) — Pope from 1124 to 1130
• Anna Komnene (1083–1153) — Byzantine princess and historian
• Stephen, King of England (1095–1154) — King of England from 1135 to 1154
• Geoffrey of Monmouth (1100–1155) — Historian and Bishop of St Asaph, Wales (c.1095–1155)
• Louis VI of France (1081–1137) — king of the Franks from 1108 to 1137
• 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)
• John II Komnenos (1087–1143) — Byzantine Emperor from 1118 to 1144
• Vladimir II Monomakh (1053–1125) — Grand Prince of Kiev (1053-1125)
• Adam of Bremen (1085–1100) — 11th-century German historian and chronicler
• Henry V (1086–1125) — King of Germany and Holy Roman Emperor, the fourth and last ruler of the Salian dynasty
• Avempace (1095–1139) — Arab Andalusian polymath (c. 1085 – 1138)
• 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)
• David I of Scotland (1084–1153) — King of Alba from 1124 to 1153
• Conrad III of Germany (1093–1152) — Hohenstaufen dynasty king (r. 1138–1152)
• Rashi (1040–1105) — French rabbi and commentator (1040–1105)
• Nestor the Chronicler (1056–1114) — Saint and chronicler of Kievan Rus'
• Roger II of Sicily (1095–1154) — King of Sicily from 1130 to 1154
• Bohemond I of Antioch (1054–1111) — Prince of Taranto and Prince of Antioch
• Yuri Dolgorukiy (1090–1157) — Grand Prince of Kyiv (1095-1157)
• Abraham ibn Ezra (1092–1167) — 12th-century Sephardic rabbi and astrologer
• Robert Curthose (1051–1134) — Duke of Normandy
• Hasan-i Sabbah (1037–1124) — The founder of the Ismaili state of Alamut and the Imam of the Nizari Ismailis (1081–1124)
• 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
• Imad ad-Din Zengi (1087–1146) — Zengid ruler
• Roger I of Sicily (1031–1101) — Grand Count of Sicily from 1071 to 1101
• Ahmad Sanjar (1084–1157) — Seljuk sultan (1097–1157)
• Peter Lombard (1100–1160) — medieval priest and theologian
• 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)
• Suryavarman II (1094–1150) — Cambodian king (1094-1150)
• 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
• Bolesław III Wrymouth (1086–1138) — duke of Poland between 1107 and 1138
• Li Qingzhao (1084–1155) — Chinese Song Dynasty poet, known as "the most talented woman in all ages"
• Fulk, King of Jerusalem (1092–1143) — Count of Anjou (r. 1109-1129) and the King of Jerusalem (r.1131-1143)
• Albert the Bear (1100–1170) — 1st Margrave of Brandenburg (1157-70)
• 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)
• Sigurd the Crusader (1089–1130) — King of Norway from 1103 to 1130
• Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse (1041–1105) — Occitan noble
• Tancred, Prince of Galilee (1075–1112) — Italo-Norman leader of the First Crusade (1075-1112)
• Urraca of León (1081–1126) — Spanish queen
• Khoja Akhmet Yassawi (1100–1166) — Sufi Poet
• Emperor Huizong of Song (1082–1135) — emperor of the Song Dynasty (1082-1135)
• William of Malmesbury (1095–1143) — English monk and chronicler (c.1095 – c.1143)

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