Who Was Alive
Han Yu
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Han Yu

Chinese historian and poet

Born AD 768 · died 25 December AD 824, aged 55 or 56
Also known as Wen, Hanchangli, Tuizhi

Who was alive at the same time as Han Yu?

  1. Pope Adrian I, AD 700 – AD 795
  2. Du Fu, AD 712 – AD 770
  3. Pope Stephen III, c. AD 720 – AD 772
  4. Jabir ibn Hayyan, AD 721 – AD 815
  5. Charlemagne, c. AD 744 – AD 814
  6. Pope Leo III, AD 750 – c. AD 816
  7. Abu Nuwas, c. AD 759 – AD 814
  8. Harun al-Rashid, AD 766 – AD 809
  9. Al-Shafi'i, AD 767 – AD 820
  10. Han Yu, AD 768 – AD 824
  11. Pope Paschal I, c. AD 775 – AD 824
  12. Al-Khwarizmi, c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  13. Pope Eugene II, c. AD 780 – AD 827
  14. Louis the Pious, AD 778 – AD 840
  15. Ahmad ibn Hanbal, AD 780 – AD 855
  16. Adi Shankara, c. AD 788 – c. AD 821
  17. Pope Leo IV, c. AD 790 – AD 855
  18. Pope Adrian II, AD 792 – AD 872
  19. Pope Gregory IV, c. AD 795 – AD 844
  20. Al-Kindi, c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  21. Muhammad al-Bukhari, AD 810 – AD 870
  22. Pope Formosus, c. AD 816 – AD 896
  23. Pope John VIII, c. AD 820 – AD 882
  24. Charles the Bald, AD 823 – AD 877

Drag across the timeline, or use the arrow keys, to see who was alive in any year and the age each person reached that year. Dashed lines mark world events. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

When Han Yu was born, Du Fu was 55 or 56, Jabir ibn Hayyan was 46 or 47, Harun al-Rashid was 1 or 2, Pope Leo III was 17 or 18 and Al-Shafi'i was about a year old.

When Han Yu died, Louis the Pious was 46, Charles the Bald was 1, Muhammad al-Bukhari was 14, Ahmad ibn Hanbal was 44 and Pope Adrian II was 31 or 32.

Born during Han Yu’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 6 years before Han Yu was born, Abu Hanifa died months before Han Yu was born, Pope Paul I died about a year before Han Yu was born and Pope Marinus I was born about 6 years after Han Yu died.

Where Han Yu’s contemporaries were born

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The 71 best-known contemporaries

71 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Han Yu. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 797.

  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. Du Fu AD 712 – AD 770
  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. Pope Leo III AD 750 – c. AD 816
  9. Louis the Pious AD 778 – AD 840
  10. Al-Kindi c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  11. Charles the Bald AD 823 – AD 877
  12. Pope Adrian I AD 700 – AD 795
  13. Muhammad al-Bukhari AD 810 – AD 870
  14. Pope Gregory IV c. AD 795 – AD 844
  15. Pope John VIII c. AD 820 – AD 882
  16. Al-Shafi'i AD 767 – AD 820
  17. Ahmad ibn Hanbal AD 780 – AD 855
  18. Pope Adrian II AD 792 – AD 872
  19. Pope Leo IV c. AD 790 – AD 855
  20. Pope Formosus c. AD 816 – AD 896
  21. Pope Paschal I c. AD 775 – AD 824
  22. Pope Stephen III c. AD 720 – AD 772
  23. Pope Eugene II c. AD 780 – AD 827
  24. Pope Benedict III c. AD 810 – AD 858
  25. Pope Nicholas I c. AD 820 – AD 867
  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. Malik ibn Anas c. AD 711 – AD 795
  30. Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj AD 821 – AD 875
  31. Lothair I AD 795 – AD 855
  32. Irene of Athens c. AD 752 – AD 803
  33. Rabia Basri 710s – AD 801
  34. Alcuin c. AD 740 – AD 804
  35. Abd al-Rahman I AD 731 – AD 788
  36. John Scotus Eriugena 800s – AD 877
  37. Louis the German c. AD 806 – AD 876
  38. Roland AD 737 – AD 778
  39. Al-Ma'mun c. AD 786 – c. AD 833
  40. Constantine V AD 718 – AD 775
  41. Nikephoros I c. AD 750 – AD 811
  42. Bai Juyi AD 772 – AD 846
  43. Al-Jahiz AD 775 – c. AD 869
  44. Ecgberht, King of Wessex AD 771 – AD 839
  45. Ali al-Rida AD 770 – AD 818
  46. Al-Mansur AD 713 – AD 775
  47. Carloman I AD 751 – AD 771
  48. Michael I Rangabe c. AD 770 – AD 844
  49. Leo V the Armenian AD 775 – AD 820
  50. Paul the Deacon c. AD 720 – c. AD 799
  51. Leo IV the Khazar AD 750 – AD 780
  52. Constantine VI AD 771 – c. AD 798
  53. Michael II AD 770 – AD 829
  54. Staurakios AD 775 – AD 812
  55. Abd ar-Rahman II AD 792 – AD 852
  56. Musa al-Kazim AD 745 – c. AD 799
  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. Al-Mahdi AD 744 – AD 785
  62. Theophanes the Confessor AD 759 – AD 817
  63. Rabanus Maurus c. AD 783 – AD 856
  64. Babak Khorramdin AD 798 – AD 838
  65. Desiderius c. AD 710 – c. AD 786
  66. Al-Hadi c. AD 763 – AD 786
  67. Pepin of Italy AD 777 – AD 810
  68. Al-Amin AD 787 – AD 813
  69. Emperor Kanmu AD 737 – AD 806
  70. Hisham I of Córdoba AD 757 – AD 796
  71. Alfonso II of Asturias AD 759 – AD 842