Who Was Alive

Charlemagne

King of Franks, regarded as the first Holy Roman Emperor (747–814)

Born AD 740–748 · died 28 January AD 814

Who was alive at the same time as Charlemagne?

Drag across the timeline to see who was alive in any year and the age each person reached that year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

When Charlemagne died, Jabir ibn Hayyan was 92 or 93.

Born during Charlemagne’s lifetime: Muḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi, Abu Nuwas, Harun al-Rashid and Ādi Shankara.

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