Averroes (Ibn Rushd)
1126 – 1198 · 72 years · Córdoba · Europe
Philosopher and physician from Córdoba whose commentaries on Aristotle reintroduced classical thought to medieval Europe.
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Contemporaries around the world
Europe
- Henry II — first Plantagenet, builder of the Angevin Empire and of common law, 7 years younger
- Hildegard of Bingen — abbess, mystic and composer, 28 years older
- Philip II Augustus — king who took Normandy from the Plantagenets, 39 years younger
- John Lackland — King of England who sealed Magna Carta, 40 years younger
- Francis of Assisi — saint, founder of the Franciscans, 56 years younger
- Eleanor of Aquitaine — Queen of France and of England, 2 years older
Eastern Europe & Russia
- Andrey Bogolyubsky — prince who moved the centre of Rus to Vladimir, 15 years older
- Vsevolod the Big Nest — grand prince under whom Vladimir became the strongest power in Rus, 28 years younger
- Yuri Dolgoruky — prince of Rostov-Suzdal, founder of Moscow, 27 years older
Middle East
- Richard the Lionheart — King of England, crusader, 31 years younger
- Tamar of Georgia — Queen of Georgia, 40 years younger
- Anna Komnene — Byzantine princess and historian, 43 years older
Africa
- Saladin — Sultan of Egypt and Syria, 11 years younger
- Maimonides — philosopher, rabbi and physician, 12 years younger
Asia
- Genghis Khan — founder of the Mongol Empire, 36 years younger
- Minamoto no Yoritomo — first shogun of Japan, 21 years younger
- Jayavarman VII — King of the Khmer Empire, 4 years older
- Li Qingzhao — Song dynasty poet, 42 years older
The world in their lifetime
- 1136 The Novgorod Republic — aged 10, Eastern Europe & Russia
- 1163–1345 Notre-Dame de Paris begun — aged 37, Europe
- 1185 Prince Igor's campaign — aged 59, Eastern Europe & Russia
- 1192–1333 First shogunate in Japan — aged 66, Asia