Who Was Alive
Bai Juyi
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Bai Juyi

Chinese poet

Born 28 February AD 772 · died 23 September AD 846, aged 74
Also known as Wen, Bai Ershier, Baiwengong

Who was alive at the same time as Bai Juyi?

  1. Pope Adrian I, AD 700 – AD 795
  2. Jabir ibn Hayyan, AD 721 – AD 815
  3. Charlemagne, c. AD 744 – AD 814
  4. Pope Leo III, AD 750 – c. AD 816
  5. Abu Nuwas, c. AD 759 – AD 814
  6. Harun al-Rashid, AD 766 – AD 809
  7. Al-Shafi'i, AD 767 – AD 820
  8. Bai Juyi, AD 772 – AD 846
  9. Pope Paschal I, c. AD 775 – AD 824
  10. Al-Khwarizmi, c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  11. Pope Eugene II, c. AD 780 – AD 827
  12. Louis the Pious, AD 778 – AD 840
  13. Ahmad ibn Hanbal, AD 780 – AD 855
  14. Adi Shankara, c. AD 788 – c. AD 821
  15. Pope Leo IV, c. AD 790 – AD 855
  16. Pope Adrian II, AD 792 – AD 872
  17. Pope Gregory IV, c. AD 795 – AD 844
  18. Al-Kindi, c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  19. Pope Benedict III, c. AD 810 – AD 858
  20. Muhammad al-Bukhari, AD 810 – AD 870
  21. Pope Formosus, c. AD 816 – AD 896
  22. Pope John VIII, c. AD 820 – AD 882
  23. Charles the Bald, AD 823 – AD 877
  24. Pope Marinus I, AD 830 – AD 884

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When Bai Juyi was born, Jabir ibn Hayyan was 50 or 51, Harun al-Rashid was 6, Pope Leo III was 21 or 22, Pope Adrian I was 71 or 72 and Al-Shafi'i was 4.

When Bai Juyi died, Charles the Bald was 23, Muhammad al-Bukhari was 36, Ahmad ibn Hanbal was 65, Pope Adrian II was 53 or 54 and Pope Marinus I was 15 or 16.

Born during Bai Juyi’s lifetime: Al-Khwarizmi, Adi Shankara, Louis the Pious, Al-Kindi, Charles the Bald, Muhammad al-Bukhari, Pope Gregory IV and Pope John VIII.

Not quite contemporaries: Li Bai died about 10 years before Bai Juyi was born, Du Fu died about a year before Bai Juyi was born, Alfred the Great was born about 3 years after Bai Juyi died and Abu Hanifa died about 4 years before Bai Juyi was born.

Where Bai Juyi’s contemporaries were born

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The 74 best-known contemporaries

74 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Bai Juyi. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 809.

  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. Jabir ibn Hayyan AD 721 – AD 815
  5. Harun al-Rashid AD 766 – AD 809
  6. Adi Shankara c. AD 788 – c. AD 821
  7. Pope Leo III AD 750 – c. AD 816
  8. Louis the Pious AD 778 – AD 840
  9. Al-Kindi c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  10. Charles the Bald AD 823 – AD 877
  11. Pope Adrian I AD 700 – AD 795
  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 Eugene II c. AD 780 – AD 827
  22. Pope Benedict III c. AD 810 – AD 858
  23. Pope Marinus I AD 830 – AD 884
  24. Pope Nicholas I c. AD 820 – AD 867
  25. Pope John IX c. AD 840 – AD 900
  26. Pope Stephen IV c. AD 770 – AD 817
  27. Pope Sergius II c. AD 790 – AD 847
  28. Pope Valentine c. AD 780 – AD 827
  29. Pope Theodore II AD 840 – AD 897
  30. Malik ibn Anas c. AD 711 – AD 795
  31. Charles the Fat c. AD 836 – AD 888
  32. Rurik AD 830 – AD 879
  33. Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj AD 821 – AD 875
  34. Al-Tabari c. AD 839 – AD 922
  35. Lothair I AD 795 – AD 855
  36. Irene of Athens c. AD 752 – AD 803
  37. Rabia Basri 710s – AD 801
  38. Alcuin c. AD 740 – AD 804
  39. Abd al-Rahman I AD 731 – AD 788
  40. John Scotus Eriugena 800s – AD 877
  41. Louis the German c. AD 806 – AD 876
  42. Roland AD 737 – AD 778
  43. Al-Ma'mun c. AD 786 – c. AD 833
  44. Constantine V AD 718 – AD 775
  45. Nikephoros I c. AD 750 – AD 811
  46. Al-Jahiz AD 775 – c. AD 869
  47. Ecgberht, King of Wessex AD 771 – AD 839
  48. Han Yu AD 768 – AD 824
  49. Ali al-Rida AD 770 – AD 818
  50. Al-Mansur AD 713 – AD 775
  51. Michael I Rangabe c. AD 770 – AD 844
  52. Leo V the Armenian AD 775 – AD 820
  53. Paul the Deacon c. AD 720 – c. AD 799
  54. Leo IV the Khazar AD 750 – AD 780
  55. Constantine VI AD 771 – c. AD 798
  56. Michael II AD 770 – AD 829
  57. Staurakios AD 775 – AD 812
  58. Abd ar-Rahman II AD 792 – AD 852
  59. Musa al-Kazim AD 745 – c. AD 799
  60. Krum AD 755 – AD 814
  61. Einhard c. AD 774 – AD 840
  62. Kūkai AD 774 – AD 835
  63. Al-Mu'tasim AD 796 – AD 842
  64. Al-Mahdi AD 744 – AD 785
  65. Theophanes the Confessor AD 759 – AD 817
  66. Rabanus Maurus c. AD 783 – AD 856
  67. Babak Khorramdin AD 798 – AD 838
  68. Desiderius c. AD 710 – c. AD 786
  69. Al-Hadi c. AD 763 – AD 786
  70. Pepin of Italy AD 777 – AD 810
  71. Al-Amin AD 787 – AD 813
  72. Emperor Kanmu AD 737 – AD 806
  73. Hisham I of Córdoba AD 757 – AD 796
  74. Alfonso II of Asturias AD 759 – AD 842