Who Was Alive

Were Li Bai and Jabir ibn Hayyan alive at the same time?

Yes. Li Bai and Jabir ibn Hayyan were alive at the same time for 40 or 41 years, from AD 721 to AD 762.

Li Bai was 19 or 20 when Jabir ibn Hayyan was born.

Jabir ibn Hayyan was 40 or 41 when Li Bai died, aged 61.

Li Bai

Classical Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty

Born 19 May AD 701 · died 30 November AD 762, aged 61

Jabir ibn Hayyan

8th-century Islamic alchemist and author

Born AD 721 · died AD 815, aged 93 or 94

  1. Abū Ḥanīfa
  2. Li Bai
  3. Du Fu
  4. Jabir ibn Hayyan
  5. Charlemagne
  6. Abu Nuwas
  7. Muḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
Li Bai and Jabir ibn Hayyan in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries. Drag across to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.