Who Was Alive
Kūkai
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Kūkai

Japanese Buddhist monk and calligrapher

Born 27 July AD 774 · died 22 April AD 835, aged 60
Also known as Kukai, Kōbō Daishi, Kobo Daishi

Who was alive at the same time as Kūkai?

  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. Pope Paschal I, c. AD 775 – AD 824
  9. Kūkai, AD 774 – AD 835
  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

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 Kūkai was born, Jabir ibn Hayyan was 52 or 53, Harun al-Rashid was 8, Pope Leo III was 23 or 24, Pope Adrian I was 73 or 74 and Al-Shafi'i was 6.

When Kūkai died, Louis the Pious was 56 or 57, Charles the Bald was 11, Muhammad al-Bukhari was 24, Ahmad ibn Hanbal was 54 and Pope Adrian II was 42 or 43.

Born during Kūkai’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 12 years before Kūkai was born, Du Fu died about 3 years before Kūkai was born, Alfred the Great was born about 14 years after Kūkai died and Abu Hanifa died about 6 years before Kūkai was born.

Where Kūkai’s contemporaries were born

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The 70 best-known contemporaries

70 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Kūkai. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 805.

  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 Stephen IV c. AD 770 – AD 817
  26. Pope Sergius II c. AD 790 – AD 847
  27. Pope Valentine c. AD 780 – AD 827
  28. Malik ibn Anas c. AD 711 – AD 795
  29. Rurik AD 830 – AD 879
  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. Han Yu AD 768 – AD 824
  46. Ali al-Rida AD 770 – AD 818
  47. Al-Mansur AD 713 – AD 775
  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. Al-Mu'tasim AD 796 – AD 842
  60. Al-Mahdi AD 744 – AD 785
  61. Theophanes the Confessor AD 759 – AD 817
  62. Rabanus Maurus c. AD 783 – AD 856
  63. Babak Khorramdin AD 798 – AD 838
  64. Desiderius c. AD 710 – c. AD 786
  65. Al-Hadi c. AD 763 – AD 786
  66. Pepin of Italy AD 777 – AD 810
  67. Al-Amin AD 787 – AD 813
  68. Emperor Kanmu AD 737 – AD 806
  69. Hisham I of Córdoba AD 757 – AD 796
  70. Alfonso II of Asturias AD 759 – AD 842