Who was alive in 940?

319 well-known people were alive in 940, including Ferdowsi, Farabi, Otto I the Great. Here are the 80 most notable:

Ferdowsi (940–1020) — Persian poet, author of Shahnameh (940–1020)
Farabi (870–951) — 10th century Persian philosopher and jurist
Otto I the Great (912–973) — Holy Roman Emperor from 962 to 973
John XII (937–964) — Head of the Catholic Church from 955 to 964
Benedict V (900–965) — pope
Hugh Capet of France (940–996) — King of the Franks
Leo VIII (915–965) — 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
Olga of Kiev (890–969) — princess of Kiev, Orthodox saint (c. 890–925)
Edmund I (920–946) — King of England (r. 939–946)
Abd-ar-Rahman III (891–961) — final Emir of Córdoba (r. 912–929); founder and 1st Caliph of Córdoba (r. 929–961)
Igor of Kiev (878–945) — prince of Kiev (877–945)
Edred of England (923–955) — King of England (r. 946–955)
Eadwig (940–959) — King of the English (r. 955–959)
Harald Bluetooth (911–985) — King of Denmark and Norway
John I Tzimiskes (925–976) — Byzantine emperor
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
Abu al-Wafa Buzjani (940–998) — Persian mathematician and astronomer (940–998)
Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi (936–1010) — Arab Andalusian physician, surgeon and chemist (936–1013)
Romanos I Lekapenos (870–948) — Byzantine emperor from 919/920 to 944
Romanos II (938–963) — 10th century Byzantine Emperor
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)
Al-Mutanabbi (915–965) — Arab poet (c. 915 – 965)
Adelaide of Italy (931–999) — Holy Roman Empress, Catholic saint (931–999)
Richard I of Normandy (933–996) — 10th-century duke of Normandy
Gorm the Old (877–958) — King of Denmark
Ivar Ragnarsson (900–) — King of Jorvik
Emperor Taizu of Song (927–976) — founding emperor of the Song Dynasty (reigned 960-976)
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
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
Kenneth II of Scotland (932–995) — 10th century King of Alba (Scotland)
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
Ibn Miskawayh (932–1030) — Persian philosopher and historian ( 932–1030)
Hrotsvitha (935–968) — German secular canoness, dramatist, and poet
Almanzor (938–1002) — Arab Andalusian military leader and statesman (c.938-1002)
Al-Qahir (899–950) — The nineteenth Abbasid Caliph
Murakami (926–967) — Emperor of Japan
Harald Greycloak (935–970) — King of Norway
Géza (940–997) — Grand Prince of the Hungarians (c.940–997)
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
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)
Hákon Sigurðsson (930–995) — de facto ruler of Norway from c. 975–995
Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah (931–975) — 4th Caliph of the Fatimid dynasty (r. 953–975)
Istakhri (850–957) — Iranian geographer
Hywel Dda (880–950) — 10th-century Welsh king
Egill Skallagrímsson (910–983) — Viking Age poet, warrior and farmer
Al-Muti (914–974) — Abbasid caliph
Suzaku (923–952) — Emperor of Japan
Boris II of Bulgaria (929–976) — Bulgarian ruler
Taksony of Hungary (931–972) — Hungarian grand prince (931-972)
Leopold I, Margrave of Austria (935–994) — Margrave of Austria from 976 to 994
Emperor Taizong of Song (939–997) — 2nd emperor of the Song Dynasty
Boleslaus I, Duke of Bohemia (908–972) — Duke of Bohemia from 935 to 972
García Sánchez I of Pamplona (919–970) — King of Pamplona from 925 to 970
Gwangjong of Goryeo (925–975) — Goryeo ruler (925-975)
Sancho I of León (935–966) — King of León (c.932–966)
Al-Qa'im Bi-Amrillah (893–946) — second Fatimid caliph from 934 to 946

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