Who Was Alive

Leo V the Armenian

Byzantine emperor

Born AD 775 · died 29 December AD 820, aged 44 or 45
Also known as Leo V

Who was alive at the same time as Leo V the Armenian?

  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 Stephen IV, c. AD 770 – AD 817
  9. Pope Paschal I, c. AD 775 – AD 824
  10. Leo V the Armenian, AD 775 – AD 820
  11. Al-Khwarizmi, c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  12. Pope Eugene II, c. AD 780 – AD 827
  13. Pope Valentine, 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 Sergius II, c. AD 790 – AD 847
  19. Pope Adrian II, AD 792 – AD 872
  20. Pope Gregory IV, c. AD 795 – AD 844
  21. Al-Kindi, c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  22. Pope Benedict III, c. AD 810 – AD 858
  23. Muhammad al-Bukhari, AD 810 – AD 870
  24. Pope Formosus, c. AD 816 – AD 896

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When Leo V the Armenian was born, Jabir ibn Hayyan was 53 or 54, Harun al-Rashid was 8 or 9, Pope Leo III was 24 or 25, Al-Shafi'i was 7 or 8 and Abd al-Rahman I was 43 or 44.

When Leo V the Armenian died, Louis the Pious was 42, Muhammad al-Bukhari was 10, Ahmad ibn Hanbal was 40, Pope Adrian II was 27 or 28 and Lothair I was 24 or 25.

Born during Leo V the Armenian’s lifetime: Al-Khwarizmi, Adi Shankara, Louis the Pious, Al-Kindi, Muhammad al-Bukhari, Pope Gregory IV, Ahmad ibn Hanbal and Pope Adrian II.

Not quite contemporaries: Li Bai died about 13 years before Leo V the Armenian was born, Du Fu died about 4 years before Leo V the Armenian was born, Abu Hanifa died about 7 years before Leo V the Armenian was born and Charles the Bald was born about 2 years after Leo V the Armenian died.

Where Leo V the Armenian’s contemporaries were born

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The 62 best-known contemporaries

62 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Leo V the Armenian. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 799.

  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. Pope Adrian I AD 700 – AD 795
  11. Muhammad al-Bukhari AD 810 – AD 870
  12. Pope Gregory IV c. AD 795 – AD 844
  13. Al-Shafi'i AD 767 – AD 820
  14. Ahmad ibn Hanbal AD 780 – AD 855
  15. Pope Adrian II AD 792 – AD 872
  16. Pope Leo IV c. AD 790 – AD 855
  17. Pope Formosus c. AD 816 – AD 896
  18. Pope Paschal I c. AD 775 – AD 824
  19. Pope Eugene II c. AD 780 – AD 827
  20. Pope Benedict III c. AD 810 – AD 858
  21. Pope Stephen IV c. AD 770 – AD 817
  22. Pope Sergius II c. AD 790 – AD 847
  23. Pope Valentine c. AD 780 – AD 827
  24. Malik ibn Anas c. AD 711 – AD 795
  25. Lothair I AD 795 – AD 855
  26. Irene of Athens c. AD 752 – AD 803
  27. Rabia Basri 710s – AD 801
  28. Alcuin c. AD 740 – AD 804
  29. Abd al-Rahman I AD 731 – AD 788
  30. John Scotus Eriugena 800s – AD 877
  31. Louis the German c. AD 806 – AD 876
  32. Roland AD 737 – AD 778
  33. Al-Ma'mun c. AD 786 – c. AD 833
  34. Nikephoros I c. AD 750 – AD 811
  35. Bai Juyi AD 772 – AD 846
  36. Al-Jahiz AD 775 – c. AD 869
  37. Ecgberht, King of Wessex AD 771 – AD 839
  38. Han Yu AD 768 – AD 824
  39. Ali al-Rida AD 770 – AD 818
  40. Michael I Rangabe c. AD 770 – AD 844
  41. Paul the Deacon c. AD 720 – c. AD 799
  42. Leo IV the Khazar AD 750 – AD 780
  43. Constantine VI AD 771 – c. AD 798
  44. Michael II AD 770 – AD 829
  45. Staurakios AD 775 – AD 812
  46. Abd ar-Rahman II AD 792 – AD 852
  47. Musa al-Kazim AD 745 – c. AD 799
  48. Krum AD 755 – AD 814
  49. Einhard c. AD 774 – AD 840
  50. Kūkai AD 774 – AD 835
  51. Al-Mu'tasim AD 796 – AD 842
  52. Al-Mahdi AD 744 – AD 785
  53. Theophanes the Confessor AD 759 – AD 817
  54. Rabanus Maurus c. AD 783 – AD 856
  55. Babak Khorramdin AD 798 – AD 838
  56. Desiderius c. AD 710 – c. AD 786
  57. Al-Hadi c. AD 763 – AD 786
  58. Pepin of Italy AD 777 – AD 810
  59. Al-Amin AD 787 – AD 813
  60. Emperor Kanmu AD 737 – AD 806
  61. Hisham I of Córdoba AD 757 – AD 796
  62. Alfonso II of Asturias AD 759 – AD 842