Who Was Alive

Al-Kindi

Philosopher and mathematician

Born c. AD 801 · died AD 870–873

Who was alive at the same time as Al-Kindi?

  1. Jabir ibn Hayyan, AD 721 – AD 815
  2. Charlemagne, c. AD 744 – AD 814
  3. Pope Leo III, AD 750 – c. AD 816
  4. Abu Nuwas, c. AD 759 – AD 814
  5. Harun al-Rashid, AD 766 – AD 809
  6. Al-Shafi'i, AD 767 – AD 820
  7. Pope Paschal I, c. AD 775 – AD 824
  8. Al-Khwarizmi, c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  9. Pope Eugene II, c. AD 780 – AD 827
  10. Louis the Pious, AD 778 – AD 840
  11. Ahmad ibn Hanbal, AD 780 – AD 855
  12. Adi Shankara, c. AD 788 – c. AD 821
  13. Pope Leo IV, c. AD 790 – AD 855
  14. Pope Adrian II, AD 792 – AD 872
  15. Pope Gregory IV, c. AD 795 – AD 844
  16. Al-Kindi, c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  17. Pope Benedict III, c. AD 810 – AD 858
  18. Muhammad al-Bukhari, AD 810 – AD 870
  19. Pope Formosus, c. AD 816 – AD 896
  20. Pope John VIII, c. AD 820 – AD 882
  21. Charles the Bald, AD 823 – AD 877
  22. Alfred the Great, AD 849 – c. AD 899
  23. Pope Sergius III, c. AD 860 – AD 911
  24. Abu Bakr al-Razi, AD 866 – AD 925

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Born during Al-Kindi’s lifetime: Alfred the Great, Abu Bakr al-Razi, Charles the Bald, Muhammad al-Bukhari, Pope John VIII, Pope Formosus, Pope Sergius III and Pope Benedict III.

Not quite contemporaries: Pope Adrian I died about 4 years before Al-Kindi was born, Malik ibn Anas died about 4 years before Al-Kindi was born, Henry the Fowler was born about a year after Al-Kindi died and Charles the Simple was born about 6 years after Al-Kindi died.

Where Al-Kindi’s contemporaries were born

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The 67 best-known contemporaries

67 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Al-Kindi. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 837.

  1. Charlemagne c. AD 744 – AD 814
  2. Al-Khwarizmi c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  3. Abu Nuwas c. AD 759 – AD 814
  4. Alfred the Great AD 849 – c. AD 899
  5. Jabir ibn Hayyan AD 721 – AD 815
  6. Harun al-Rashid AD 766 – AD 809
  7. Adi Shankara c. AD 788 – c. AD 821
  8. Abu Bakr al-Razi AD 866 – AD 925
  9. Pope Leo III AD 750 – c. AD 816
  10. Louis the Pious AD 778 – AD 840
  11. Charles the Bald AD 823 – AD 877
  12. Muhammad al-Bukhari AD 810 – AD 870
  13. Pope Gregory IV c. AD 795 – AD 844
  14. Pope John VIII c. AD 820 – AD 882
  15. Al-Shafi'i AD 767 – AD 820
  16. Ahmad ibn Hanbal AD 780 – AD 855
  17. Pope Adrian II AD 792 – AD 872
  18. Pope Leo IV c. AD 790 – AD 855
  19. Pope Formosus c. AD 816 – AD 896
  20. Pope Paschal I c. AD 775 – AD 824
  21. Pope Sergius III c. AD 860 – AD 911
  22. Pope Eugene II c. AD 780 – AD 827
  23. Pope Benedict III c. AD 810 – AD 858
  24. Pope Marinus I AD 830 – AD 884
  25. Pope John X c. AD 860 – c. AD 929
  26. Pope Nicholas I c. AD 820 – AD 867
  27. Pope John IX c. AD 840 – AD 900
  28. Pope Stephen IV c. AD 770 – AD 817
  29. Pope Sergius II c. AD 790 – AD 847
  30. Pope Valentine c. AD 780 – AD 827
  31. Pope Theodore II AD 840 – AD 897
  32. Charles the Fat c. AD 836 – AD 888
  33. Rudaki AD 859 – AD 941
  34. Rurik AD 830 – AD 879
  35. Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj AD 821 – AD 875
  36. Al-Tabari c. AD 839 – AD 922
  37. Lothair I AD 795 – AD 855
  38. Alcuin c. AD 740 – AD 804
  39. Al-Hallaj c. AD 858 – AD 922
  40. John Scotus Eriugena 800s – AD 877
  41. Louis the German c. AD 806 – AD 876
  42. Arnulf of Carinthia c. AD 850 – AD 899
  43. Leo VI the Wise AD 866 – AD 912
  44. Al-Ma'mun c. AD 786 – c. AD 833
  45. Robert I of France AD 860 – AD 923
  46. Nikephoros I c. AD 750 – AD 811
  47. Bai Juyi AD 772 – AD 846
  48. Al-Jahiz AD 775 – c. AD 869
  49. Ecgberht, King of Wessex AD 771 – AD 839
  50. Han Yu AD 768 – AD 824
  51. Ali al-Rida AD 770 – AD 818
  52. Michael I Rangabe c. AD 770 – AD 844
  53. Leo V the Armenian AD 775 – AD 820
  54. Michael II AD 770 – AD 829
  55. Staurakios AD 775 – AD 812
  56. Abd ar-Rahman II AD 792 – AD 852
  57. Krum AD 755 – AD 814
  58. Einhard c. AD 774 – AD 840
  59. Kūkai AD 774 – AD 835
  60. Al-Mu'tasim AD 796 – AD 842
  61. Theophanes the Confessor AD 759 – AD 817
  62. Rabanus Maurus c. AD 783 – AD 856
  63. Babak Khorramdin AD 798 – AD 838
  64. Pepin of Italy AD 777 – AD 810
  65. Al-Amin AD 787 – AD 813
  66. Emperor Kanmu AD 737 – AD 806
  67. Alfonso II of Asturias AD 759 – AD 842