956 deaths

al-Masʿūdī (full name , ), –956, was a historian, geographer and traveler. He is sometimes referred to as the "Herodotus of the Arabs". A polymath and prolific author of over twenty works on theology, history (Islamic and universal), geography, natural science and philosophy, his celebrated magnum opus The Meadows of Gold () combines universal history with scientific geography, social commentary and biography.

Duke of the Franks and Count of Paris (c. 898–956)

King of León from 951 to 956

Patriarch of Constantinople

Frankish noble

Gandaraditha Chola succeeded his father Parantaka I and became the Chola king about 955. He was also a Tamil literary poet in the Thiruvisaippa Palandu. He had a son named Madurantaka Chola also known as Uttama Chola, who became Chola emperor after his cousin Sundara Chola.

High King of Ireland

archbishop, politician, patron and reformer (died 956)

Muslim scholar and teacher during the Islamic Golden Age

Chinese emperor's father

archbishop of York

bishop of Cambrai