Who Was Alive

Were Li Bai and Pope Leo III alive at the same time?

Yes. Li Bai and Pope Leo III were alive at the same time for 11 or 12 years, from AD 750 to AD 762.

Li Bai was 48 or 49 when Pope Leo III was born.

Pope Leo III was 11 or 12 when Li Bai died, aged 61.

Li Bai

Li Bai

Poet

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

Pope Leo III

Pope Leo III

Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born AD 750 · died c. AD 816

  1. Bede, c. AD 672 – AD 735
  2. Abu Hanifa, AD 699 – c. AD 768
  3. Li Bai, AD 701 – AD 762
  4. Du Fu, AD 712 – AD 770
  5. Jabir ibn Hayyan, AD 721 – AD 815
  6. Charlemagne, c. AD 744 – AD 814
  7. Pope Leo III, AD 750 – c. AD 816
  8. Abu Nuwas, c. AD 759 – AD 814
  9. Al-Khwarizmi, c. AD 780 – c. AD 850

Li Bai and Pope Leo III in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries; dashed lines mark world events. Drag across, or use the arrow keys, to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

Challenge a friend with this question Compare Li Bai with someone else

Events both lived through

Where Li Bai and Pope Leo III were born

Li Bai and Pope Leo III are labelled, with the contemporaries on the timeline. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (8 of 9 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list