Heian Period
794–1185
The classical age of Japanese court culture, centered on Kyoto.
- Type
- Era
- Date
- 794–1185
- Place
- Japan
Who was alive during Heian Period
- Thabit ibn Qurra c. 826–901, mathematician
- Al-Tabari 839–c. 923, historian
- Harald Fairhair c. 850–c. 932, king
- Al-Farabi c. 872–c. 950, philosopher
- Ibn Fadlan c. 879–c. 960, traveler
- Al-Zahrawi 936–1013, physician
- Ferdowsi 940–c. 1020, poet
- Ibn al-Haytham c. 965–c. 1040, physicist
- Bi Sheng c. 970–c. 1051, inventor
- Rajendra I c. 971–1044, emperor
- Al-Biruni 973–c. 1050, scholar
- Yaroslav the Wise c. 978–1054, prince
- Tughril I c. 990–1063, sultan
- Mahmud al-Kashgari c. 1005–c. 1102, scholar
- Ramanuja c. 1017–c. 1137, philosopher
- Nizam al-Mulk 1018–1092, statesman
- Su Song 1020–1101, polymath
- Anselm of Canterbury c. 1033–1109, theologian and philosopher
- Omar Khayyam 1048–1131, poet
- Hasan-i Sabbah c. 1050–1124, religious leader
- Milarepa c. 1052–c. 1135, mystic
- Abdul Qadir Gilani 1078–1166, mystic
- Ahmad Yasawi c. 1093–1166, mystic
- Hildegard of Bingen 1098–1179, abbess