Authors
| Name | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Abu Firas al-Hamdani | Arab poet | 932–968 |
| Abu Kamil Shuja' ibn Aslam !Abū Kāmil Shujāʿ ibn Aslam | Algebraist | 850 !c. 850 – c. 930 |
| Aelfric of Eynsham !Ælfric of Eynsham | Author of homilies in Old English and translator of the Bible | 955 !c. 955 – c. 1020 |
| Aethelweard !Æthelweard | Anglo-Saxon historian | 973 !Before 973 – c. 998 |
| Akazome Emon | Japanese waka poet | 976 !fl. 976–1041 |
| Al-Amiri, Abu al-Hassan !Abu al-Hassan al-Amiri | Philosopher born in modern Iran | 992 !Died 992 |
| Al-Maʿarri | Arab poet born near Aleppo, Syria | 973–1057 |
| Al-Masudi | Arab historian and geographer | 893 !Before 893 – 956 |
| Al-Mutanabbi | Arabic poet | 915–965 |
| Al-Nadim, Ibn !Ibn al-Nadim | Author of the Fehrest, an encyclopedia | 932 !c. 932 – 990 |
| Al-Natili | Arabic-language author in the medical field | 985 !fl. c. 985–90 |
| Alchabitius | Author of Al-madkhal ilā sināʿat Aḥkām al-nujūm, a treatise on astrology; from Iraq | 950 !fl. c. 950 |
| Aldred the Scribe | Author of the glosses in the Lindisfarne Gospels | 900 !10th century |
| Alhazen | Mathematician, died in Cairo | 965 – c. 1040 |
| Bal'ami | Vizier to the Samanids and translator of the Ṭabarī into Persian | 992 !Died c. 992–7 |
| Balkhi, Abu-Shakur !Abu-Shakur Balkhi | Persian writer | 915–960s |
| Balkhi, Abu Zayd !Abu Zayd al-Balkhi | Persian Muslim polymath | 849–934 |
| Balkhi, Rabia !Rabia Balkhi | Arabic- and Persian-language poet | 940 !Died 940 |
| Bard Boinne | Described in the Annals of the Four Masters as the "chief poet of Ireland" | 932 !Died 932 |
| Battani, Muḥammad ibn Jabir al-Harrani !Muḥammad ibn Jābir al-Ḥarrānī al-Battānī | Arab astronomer | 850 !c. 850 – c. 929 |
| Ben Abraham al-Fasi, David !David ben Abraham al-Fasi | Karaite lexicographer from Fes | 900 !10th century |
| Biruni, Abu Rayhan !Abū Rayḥān al-Bīrūnī | Scholar and polymath of the late Samanids and early Ghaznavids | 973 – after 1050 |
| Buzjani, Abu al-Wafa' !Abū al-Wafā' Būzjānī | Mathematician and astronomer; author of Kitāb fī mā yaḥtaj ilayh al-kuttāb wa’l-ʿummāl min ʾilm al-ḥisāb, an arithmetic textbook; of Persian descent | 940 – 997 or 998 |
| Cináed ua hArtacáin | Irish poet and author of dinsenchas poems | 974 !Died 974 |
| Constantine VII | Byzantine emperor and author of De Administrando Imperio and De Ceremoniis | 905–959 |
| Daqiqi, Abu-Mansur !Abu-Mansur Daqiqi | Poet, probably born in Ṭūs | 932 !After 932 – c. 976 |
| Donnolo, Shabbethai !Shabbethai Donnolo | Italian physician and writer on medicine and astrology | 913 – after 982 |
| Egill Skallagrimsson !Egill Skallagrímsson | Viking skald and adventurer | 910 !c. 910 – c. 990 |
| Eilifr Godrunarson !Eilífr Goðrúnarson | Icelandic skald | 1000 !c. 1000 |
| Einarr Helgason | Skald for Norwegian ruler Haakon Sigurdsson | 960 !fl. late 10th century |
| Eutychius of Alexandria !Patriarch Eutychius of Alexandria | Author of a history of the world and treatises on medicine and theology | 876–940 |
| Eysteinn Valdason | Icelandic skald | 1000 !c. 1000 |
| Eyvindr skaldaspillir !Eyvindr skáldaspillir | Icelandic skald | 990 !Died c. 990 |
| Farabi !Al-Farabi | Muslim philosopher | 878 !c. 878 – c. 950 |
| Faraj al-Isfahani, Abu !Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani | Literary scholar and author of an encyclopedic work on Arabic music | 897–967 |
| Ferdowsi | Persian poet and author of the Shahnameh, the Persian national epic | 935 !c. 935 – c. 1020–26 |
| Flodoard | French historian and chronicler | 894–966 |
| Frithegod | British poet, author of Breviloquium vitae Wilfridi, a version of Stephen of Ripon's Vita Sancti Wilfrithi written in hexameters | 950 !fl. c. 950 – c. 958 |
| Fujiwara no Asatada | One of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals | 910 !c. 910 – c. 966 |
| Fujiwara no Kinto !Fujiwara no Kintō | Japanese poet and critic responsible for the initial gathering of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals | 966–1041 |
| Fujiwara no Takamitsu | Japanese poet, one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals | 994 !Died 994 |
| Fujiwara no Tametoki | Japanese waka and kanshi poet and father of Murasaki Shikibu | 960 !Late 10th – early 11th century |
| Fujiwara no Toshiyuki | Japanese poet | 901 !Died c. 901 |
| Gilani, Kushyar !Kushyar Gilani | Iranian astronomer | 950 !fl. second half of the 10th/early 11th century |
| Guthormr sindri | Norwegian skald | 900 !10th century |
| ha-Babli, Nathan ben Isaac !Nathan ben Isaac ha-Babli | Babylonian historian | 900 !10th century |
| Hallfredr vandraeoaskald !Hallfreðr vandræðaskáld | Icelandic skald | 1007 !Died c. 1007 |
| Hamadani, Badi' al-Zaman !Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadani | Arabic belle-lettrist and inventor of the maqāma genre | 968–1008 |
| Hamdani, Abu Muhammad al-Hasan !Abū Muhammad al-Hasan al-Hamdānī | Arabian geographer | 945 !Died 945 |
| Hovhannes Draskhanakerttsi | Armenian man of letters | 840 !c. 840 – c. 930 |
| Hrotsvitha | German dramatist and poet | 935 !c. 935 – c. 1002 |
| Ibn al-Faqih | Persian historian and geographer | 903 !Died 903 |
| Ibn al-Jazzar | Physician | 970 !Died 970/980 |
| Ibn al-Qutiyya !Ibn al-Qūṭiyya | Historian of Muslim Spain, born in Seville and of Visigothic descent | 977 !Died 977 |
| Ibn Duraid | Arabian poet | 837–934 |
| Ibn Hawqal | Author of Kitāb al-masālik wa'l-mamālik, a book on geography; born in Nisibis | 950 !Second half of the 10th century – after 988 |
| Ibn Juljul | Author of Tabaqāt al atibbāʾ wa’l-hukamả, a summary of the history of medicine | 944 – c. 994 |
| Ibn Khordadbeh | Author on subjects including history, genealogy, geography, music, and wines and cookery; of Persian descent | 820 !c. 820 – c. 912 |
| Ioane-Zosime | Georgian religious writer, hymnographer and translator | 900 !10th century |
| Ise, Lady !Lady Ise | Japanese waka poet, mother of Nakatsukasa | 877 !c. 877 – c. 940 |
| Israeli, Isaac ben Solomon !Isaac Israeli ben Solomon | Physician and philosopher, born in Egypt | 832–932 |
| Izumi Shikibu | Japanese waka poet | 976 !Born c. 976 |
| Jacob, Abraham ben !Abraham ben Jacob | Spanish Jewish geographer | 950 !fl. second half of the 10th century |
| Jayadeva | Indian mathematician | 1073 !Lived before 1073 |
| Karaji !Al-Karaji | Mathematician, lived in Baghdad | 953 – c. 1029 |
| Khazin, Abu Ja'far !Abū Ja'far al-Khāzin | Astronomer and number theorist from Khurasan | 900 !c. 900 – c. 971 |
| Khojandi, Abu-Mahmud !Abu-Mahmud Khojandi | Astronomer and mathematician born in Khujand | 945 !c. 945 – 1000 |
| Khwarizmi, Muhammad ibn Ahmad !Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Khwarizmi | Author of Mafātih al-’ulũm (Keys of the Sciences) | 975 !fl. c. 975 |
| Ki no Tokibumi | Japanese poet, one of the Five Men of the Pear Chamber | 950 !fl. c. 950 |
| Ki no Tomonori | Japanese waka poet and one of the compilers of the Kokin Wakashū | 850 !c. 850 – c. 904 |
| Ki no Tsurayuki | Japanese waka poet, critic and diarist; one of the compilers of the Kokin Wakashū | 872 !c. 872 – c. 945 |
| Kishi Joō | Japanese poet and one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals | 929–985 |
| Kiyohara no Motosuke | Japanese poet: one of the Five Men of the Pear Chamber and the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals, and father of Sei Shōnagon | 908–990 |
| Leo the Deacon | Byzantine historian | 950 !Born c. 950 |
| Liutprand of Cremona | Italian historian and author | 922 !c. 922 – 972 |
| Luo Yin | Japanese poet | 833–909 |
| Majusi, Ali ibn al-'Abbas !'Ali ibn al-'Abbas al-Majusi | Author of Kāmil al-Ṣinā’ah al-Tibbiyyah, a compendium; born near Shiraz | 900 !First quarter of the 10th century – 994 |
| Mansur, Abu Nasr !Abu Nasr Mansur | Astronomer, born in Gīlān | 950 !c. 950 – c. 1036 |
| Mansur Al-Hallaj | Arabic-speaking mystic and author of the Ṭawāsin, a collection of 11 reflective essays; born near Beyza | 857–922 |
| Meskavayh, Ebn !Ebn Meskavayh | Persian writer on topics including history, theology, philosophy and medicine | 1030 !Died 1030 |
| Metaphrast, Symeon !Symeon the Metaphrast | Principal compiler of the legends of saints in the Menologia of the Byzantine Church | 950 !Second half of the 10th century |
| Mibu no Tadamine | Japanese waka poet and one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals | 898 !fl. 898–920 |
| Michitsuna no Haha | Author of Kagerō nikki (The Gossamer Years) | 995 !Died 995 |
| Minamoto no Kintada | Japanese poet and one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals | 889–948 |
| Minamoto no Muneyuki | Japanese poet | 939 !Died 939 |
| Minamoto no Saneakira | Japanese poet | 916–970 |
| Minamoto no Shigeyuki | Japanese poet | 1000 !Died c. 1000 |
| Minamoto no Shitago !Minamoto no Shitagō | Japanese poet: one of the Five Men of the Pear Chamber and the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals | 911–983 |
| Misra, Vācaspati !Vācaspati Miśra | Indian polymath | 900–980 |
| Muhammad bin Hani al Andalusi al Azdi | Poet born in Seville | 973 !Died 973 |
| Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari | Writer on theology, literature and history, born in Tabriz | 839–923 |
| Muqqadasi !Al-Muqaddasi | Arabian traveller and author of a Description of the Lands of Islam, an Arabic geography | 946 !c. 946–7 – 1000 |
| Mutazz, Abdullah ibn !Abdullah ibn al-Mu'tazz | Writer and, for one day, caliph of the Abbasid dynasty | 908 !Died 908 |
| Nagavarma I | Author of the Chandōmbudhi, the first treatise on Kannada metrics | 960 !Late 10th century |
| Nakatsukasa | One of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals, daughter of Lady Ise | 912 !c. 912 – after 989 |
| Nayrizi !Al-Nayrizi | Astronomer and meteorologist probably from Neyriz | 865 !c. 865 – c. 922 |
| Nissim, Jacob ben !Jacob ben Nissim | Philosopher, lived in Kairouan | 900 !10th century |
| Noin !Nōin | Japanese poet | 988–1050? |
| Notker Labeo | German theologian, philologist, mathematician, astronomer, connoisseur of music, and poet | 950 !c. 950 – 1022 |
| Odo of Cluny | Author of a biography of Gerald of Aurillac, a series of moral essays, some sermons, an epic poem and 12 choral antiphons | 878/9–942 |
| Oengus mac Oengusa !Óengus mac Óengusa | Described in the Annals of the Four Masters as the "chief poet of Ireland" | 930 !Died 930 |
| Ōnakatomi no Yoritomo !Ōnakatomi no Yoritomo | Japanese poet, one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals | 958 !Died 958 |
| Onakatomi no Yoshinobu !Ōnakatomi no Yoshinobu | Japanese poet, one of the Five Men of the Pear Chamber | 922–991 |
| Ono no Komachi | Japanese poet | 834–900 |
| Oshikōchi no Mitsune !Ōshikōchi no Mitsune | Japanese waka poet | 898 !fl. 898–922 |
| Pampa, Adikavi !Adikavi Pampa | Kannada-language poet | 902–945 |
| Quhi, Abu Sahl !Abū Sahl al-Qūhī | Astronomer and mathematician from Tabaristan | 940 !c. 940 – c. 1000 |
| Qusta ibn Luqa | Scholar of Greek Christian origin whose work included astronomy, mathematics, medicine and philosophy | 820 !Probably c. 820 – probably c. 912–913 |
| Ratherius | Author of works including a criticism of the social classes of his time and two defences of his right to the Diocese of Liège | 887 !c. 887 – 974 |
| Razi, Muhammad ibn Zakariya al !Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi | Physician, scientist, philosopher and author of alchemy and logic; born in Rey, Iran | 865–925 |
| Regino of Prum !Regino of Prüm | Chronicler and author of works on ecclesiastical discipline and liturgical singing, born in Altrip | 915 !Died 915 |
| Richerus | Chronicler from Reims | 998 !Died after 998 |
| Rustah, Ahmad ibn !Ahmad ibn Rustah | Persian author of a geographical compendium | 903 !Died after 903 |
| Saghani !Al-Saghani | Mathematician and astronomer who flourished in Turkmenistan | 990 !Died 990 |
| Sahl, Ibn !Ibn Sahl | Geometer | 960 !fl. late 10th century |
| Sakanoue no Mochiki | Japanese poet, one of the Five Men of the Pear Chamber | 950 !fl. c. 950 |
| Sei Shonagon !Sei Shōnagon | Japanese diarist and poet | 966 !c. 966 – c. 1025 |
| Sijistani, Abu Sulayman !Abu Sulayman Sijistani | Philosopher from Sijistan | 932 !c. 932 – c. 1000 |
| Sijistani, Abu Yaqub !Abu Yaqub al-Sijistani | Islamic philosopher | 971 !fl. 971 |
| Sijzi | Geometer, astrologer and astronomer, born in Sijistan | 945 !c. 945 – c. 1020 |
| Sinan, Ibrahim !Ibrahim ibn Sinan | Geometer from Baghdad | 908–946 |
| Sistani, Farrukhi !Farrukhi Sistani | Court poet of Mahmud of Ghazni | 900 !10th–11th centuries |
| Somadeva Suri | South Indian Jain monk and author of the Upāsakādyayana, a central text of Digambara śrāvakācāra literature | 900 !10th century |
| Sosei | One of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals | 859–923 |
| Sufi, Abd al-Rahman !Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi | Astronomer in Iran | 903–986 |
| Sugawara no Michizane | Japanese statesman, historian and poet | 845–903 |
| Symeon the Studite | "Spiritual father" of Symeon the New Theologian and author of the "Ascetical Discourse", a narrative intended for monks | 917 or 924 – c. 986–7 |
| Ukhtanes of Sebastia | Chronicler of the history of Armenia | 935 !c. 935 – 1000 |
| Uqlidisi, Abu'l-Hasan !Abu'l-Hasan al-Uqlidisi | Mathematician, possibly from Damascus | 920 !c. 920 – c. 980 |
| Vatesvara !Vaṭeśvara | Indian mathematician | 802 !Born 802 or 880 |
| Widukind of Corvey | Saxon historian | 1004 !Died c. 1004 |
| Xue Juzheng | Author of The Old History of the Five Dynasties, an account of China's Five Dynasties | 912–981 |
| Yunus !Ibn Yunus | Egyptian astronomer and astrologer | 950–1009 |
| Yusuf, Ahmad ibn !Ahmad ibn Yusuf | Egyptian mathematician | 900 !fl. c. 900–905, died 912/913 |
| Zahrawi, Abu al-Qasim !Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi | Physician and author of Al-Tasrif, from Al-Andalus | 936–1013 |
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