Who was alive in 920?

322 well-known people were alive in 920, including Abu Bakr al-Razi, Farabi, Otto I the Great. Here are the 80 most notable:

Abu Bakr al-Razi (866–925) — Persian polymath, physician, chemist and philosopher (854-925)
Farabi (870–951) — 10th century Persian philosopher and jurist
Otto I the Great (912–973) — Holy Roman Emperor from 962 to 973
Benedict V (900–965) — pope
Leo VI (880–928) — pope
Leo VIII (915–965) — pope
John X (860–929) — 10th-century pope
Æthelstan (895–939) — King of Wessex and first king of England (r. 924-939)
John XI (910–936) — pope
Marinus II (900–946) — pope
Rudaki (859–941) — Persian poet, the father of Persian poetry
Al-Mas'udi (896–957) — 10th-century Arab historian, geographer, and traveller
Agapetus II (900–955) — Catholic pope, 946-955
Konstantinos VII (905–959) — Byzantine emperor
Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari (839–922) — Iranian scholar, historian and commentator on the Qur'an (839–923)
Henry I the Fowler (876–936) — King of East Francia (919–936); Duke of Saxony (912–936)
Charles the Simple (879–929) — King of West Francia
Olga of Kiev (890–969) — princess of Kiev, Orthodox saint (c. 890–925)
Mansur Al-Hallaj (858–922) — Persian mystic, poet and Sufi teacher (c.858–922)
Edmund I (920–946) — King of England (r. 939–946)
Robert I of France (860–923) — King of West Francia from 922 to 923
Edward the Elder (874–924) — king of the Anglo-Saxons (r. 899–924)
Simeon I of Bulgaria (863–927) — Bulgarian Tsar who ruled from 893 to 927
Abd-ar-Rahman III (891–961) — final Emir of Córdoba (r. 912–929); founder and 1st Caliph of Córdoba (r. 929–961)
Al-Battani (858–930) — Islamic astronomer and mathematician (died 929)
Igor of Kiev (878–945) — prince of Kiev (877–945)
Harald Bluetooth (911–985) — King of Denmark and Norway
Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi (903–986) — Persian astronomer (903-986)
Louis IV of France (920–954) — King of West Francia from 936 to 954
Ahmad ibn Fadlan (879–) — 10th-century Arab traveller and ethnographer
Nikephoros II Phokas (912–969) — Byzantine emperor from 963 to 969
Rollo (860–932) — 10th-century Viking and Count of Rouen
Harald Fairhair (851–933) — King of Norway
Romanos I Lekapenos (870–948) — Byzantine emperor from 919/920 to 944
Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari (873–935) — Muslim theologian (874–936)
Rudolph of France (890–936) — king of France (890-936)
Berengar I of Italy (840–924) — Holy Roman Emperor from 915 to 924
Saint Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia (907–935) — duke and saint
Malcolm I of Scotland (897–954) — Scottish king
Eric Bloodaxe (895–954) — 10th-century Norwegian ruler
Muhammad al-Mahdi (869–) — twelfth and last Imam in Shia Twelver of Islam
Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani (897–967) — Arab historian, writer, poet and musicologist (897–967)
Ælfweard of Wessex (900–924) — West Saxon monarch
Al-Mutanabbi (915–965) — Arab poet (c. 915 – 965)
Gorm the Old (877–958) — King of Denmark
Al-Muqtadir (895–932) — The eighteenth Abbasid Caliph
Ivar Ragnarsson (900–) — King of Jorvik
Louis the Blind (880–928) — Holy Roman Emperor from 901 to 905
Saadia Gaon (882–942) — rabbi, translator, Jewish philosopher and theologian (0882-0942) active during the Abbasid Caliphate in Egypt and Irak
Haakon the Good (920–961) — King of Norway
Taejo of Goryeo (877–943) — founder of the Goryeo Dynasty (877-943)
Al-Hakam II (915–976) — Caliph of Córdoba from 961 to 976
Uda (867–931) — Japanese emperor
Hugh the Great (898–956) — Duke of the Franks and Count of Paris (c. 898–956)
William Longsword (905–942) — Count of Normandy from 927 to 942
Yōzei (869–949) — Emperor of Japan
Berengar II of Italy (900–966) — King of Italy from 950 to 961
Indulf (901–962) — King of Scots
Al-Qahir (899–950) — The nineteenth Abbasid Caliph
Ordoño II of León (871–924) — King of Galicia and then Leon (c.873–924)
Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah (873–934) — Isma'ili Imam and Fatimid Caliph from 909 to 934
Daigo (885–930) — 60th emperor of Japan
Marozia (892–936) — Italian queen
Ar-Radi (909–940) — 20th Abbasid Caliph (r. 934–940)
Abu Mansur al-Maturidi (852–944) — Persian Muslim theologian (853–944)
Al-Muttaqi (908–968) — The twenty-first Abbasid Caliph
Dunstan (909–988) — Archbishop of Canterbury
Saint Ludmila of Bohemia (860–921) — duchess of Bohemia
Ki no Tsurayuki (866–945) — Japanese writer
Ramiro II of León (898–951) — King of León from 931 to 951
Zoe Karbonopsina (900–1000) — Byzantine Emperor's wife
Al-Mustakfi (908–949) — The twenty-second Abbasid caliph
Liutprand of Cremona (920–972) — Italian historian, diplomat, and Bishop of Cremona (920-972)
Judith of Flanders (844–) — queen consort of Wessex and countess of Flanders
Istakhri (850–957) — Iranian geographer
Fruela II of Asturias (874–925) — King of Asturias, León and Galicia
Sancho I of Pamplona (875–925) — King of Pamplona from 905 to 925
Hywel Dda (880–950) — 10th-century Welsh king
Alfonso IV of León (899–931) — King of León
Egill Skallagrímsson (910–983) — Viking Age poet, warrior and farmer

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