Michael I Rangabe

Byzantine emperor

Born c. AD 770 · died 11 January AD 844

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When Michael I Rangabe died, Charles the Bald was 20, Muhammad al-Bukhari was 33, Ahmad ibn Hanbal was 63, Pope Adrian II was 51 or 52 and Pope Marinus I was 13 or 14.

Born during Michael I Rangabe’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 Michael I Rangabe was born, Alfred the Great was born about 5 years after Michael I Rangabe died, Abu Hanifa died months before Michael I Rangabe was born and Pope Paul I died about a year before Michael I Rangabe was born.

Where Michael I Rangabe’s contemporaries were born

Michael I Rangabe is labelled; the others are the best-known people we track who lived at the same time. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (67 of 75 placed); tap one to open that person.

Birthplaces as a list

Michael I Rangabe: Constantinople
Pope Adrian I: Rome
Jabir ibn Hayyan: Tus
Charlemagne: Franciaf
Pope Leo III: Rome
Abu Nuwas: Ahvaz
Harun al-Rashid: Ray
Al-Shafi'i: Gaza City
Pope Paschal I: Rome
Pope Eugene II: Rome
Louis the Pious: Chasseneuil-du-Poitou
Ahmad ibn Hanbal: Baghdad
Adi Shankara: Kalady
Pope Leo IV: Rome
Pope Adrian II: Rome
Pope Gregory IV: Rome
Al-Kindi: Basra
Pope Benedict III: Rome
Muhammad al-Bukhari: Bukhara
Pope Formosus: Rome
Pope John VIII: Rome
Charles the Bald: Frankfurt
Pope Marinus I: Gallese
Pope Nicholas I: Rome
Pope John IX: Tivoli
Pope Stephen IV: Rome
Pope Sergius II: Rome
Pope Valentine: Rome
Pope Theodore II: Rome
Malik ibn Anas: Medina
Charles the Fat: Neudingen
Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj: Nishapur
Al-Tabari: Amol
Lothair I: Altdorf
Irene of Athens: Athens
Rabia Basri: Basra
Alcuin: York
Abd al-Rahman I: Damascus
John Scotus Eriugena: Ireland
Al-Ma'mun: Baghdad
Constantine V: Constantinople
Nikephoros I: Pisidia
Bai Juyi: Xinzheng
Al-Jahiz: Basra
Ecgberht, King of Wessex: Kingdom of Wessex
Han Yu: Meng Prefecture
Ali al-Rida: Medina
Al-Mansur: Humayma
Leo V the Armenian: Ostikanate of Arminiya
Paul the Deacon: Cividale del Friuli
Leo IV the Khazar: Constantinople
Constantine VI: Constantinople
Michael II: Amorium
Abd ar-Rahman II: Toledo
Musa al-Kazim: Al-Abwa
Krum: First Bulgarian Empire
Kūkai: Zentsū-ji Temple
Al-Mu'tasim: Khuld Palace
Al-Mahdi: Humayma
Theophanes the Confessor: Constantinople
Rabanus Maurus: Mainz
Babak Khorramdin: Ardabil
Desiderius: Brescia
Al-Amin: Al-Rusafa
Emperor Kanmu: Heijō-kyō
Hisham I of Córdoba: Córdoba
Alfonso II of Asturias: Oviedo

Compare Michael I Rangabe

The 74 best-known contemporaries

74 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Michael I Rangabe. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 809.

Charlemagne c. AD 744 – AD 814
Al-Khwarizmi c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
Abu Nuwas c. AD 759 – AD 814
Jabir ibn Hayyan AD 721 – AD 815
Harun al-Rashid AD 766 – AD 809
Adi Shankara c. AD 788 – c. AD 821
Pope Leo III AD 750 – c. AD 816
Louis the Pious AD 778 – AD 840
Al-Kindi c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
Charles the Bald AD 823 – AD 877
Pope Adrian I AD 700 – AD 795
Muhammad al-Bukhari AD 810 – AD 870
Pope Gregory IV c. AD 795 – AD 844
Pope John VIII c. AD 820 – AD 882
Al-Shafi'i AD 767 – AD 820
Ahmad ibn Hanbal AD 780 – AD 855
Pope Adrian II AD 792 – AD 872
Pope Leo IV c. AD 790 – AD 855
Pope Formosus c. AD 816 – AD 896
Pope Paschal I c. AD 775 – AD 824
Pope Eugene II c. AD 780 – AD 827
Pope Benedict III c. AD 810 – AD 858
Pope Marinus I AD 830 – AD 884
Pope Nicholas I c. AD 820 – AD 867
Pope John IX c. AD 840 – AD 900
Pope Stephen IV c. AD 770 – AD 817
Pope Sergius II c. AD 790 – AD 847
Pope Valentine c. AD 780 – AD 827
Pope Theodore II AD 840 – AD 897
Malik ibn Anas c. AD 711 – AD 795
Charles the Fat c. AD 836 – AD 888
Rurik AD 830 – AD 879
Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj AD 821 – AD 875
Al-Tabari c. AD 839 – AD 922
Lothair I AD 795 – AD 855
Irene of Athens c. AD 752 – AD 803
Rabia Basri 710s – AD 801
Alcuin c. AD 740 – AD 804
Abd al-Rahman I AD 731 – AD 788
John Scotus Eriugena 800s – AD 877
Louis the German c. AD 806 – AD 876
Roland AD 737 – AD 778
Al-Ma'mun c. AD 786 – c. AD 833
Constantine V AD 718 – AD 775
Nikephoros I c. AD 750 – AD 811
Bai Juyi AD 772 – AD 846
Al-Jahiz AD 775 – c. AD 869
Ecgberht, King of Wessex AD 771 – AD 839
Han Yu AD 768 – AD 824
Ali al-Rida AD 770 – AD 818
Al-Mansur AD 713 – AD 775
Leo V the Armenian AD 775 – AD 820
Paul the Deacon c. AD 720 – c. AD 799
Leo IV the Khazar AD 750 – AD 780
Constantine VI AD 771 – c. AD 798
Michael II AD 770 – AD 829
Staurakios AD 775 – AD 812
Abd ar-Rahman II AD 792 – AD 852
Musa al-Kazim AD 745 – c. AD 799
Krum AD 755 – AD 814
Einhard c. AD 774 – AD 840
Kūkai AD 774 – AD 835
Al-Mu'tasim AD 796 – AD 842
Al-Mahdi AD 744 – AD 785
Theophanes the Confessor AD 759 – AD 817
Rabanus Maurus c. AD 783 – AD 856
Babak Khorramdin AD 798 – AD 838
Desiderius c. AD 710 – c. AD 786
Al-Hadi c. AD 763 – AD 786
Pepin of Italy AD 777 – AD 810
Al-Amin AD 787 – AD 813
Emperor Kanmu AD 737 – AD 806
Hisham I of Córdoba AD 757 – AD 796
Alfonso II of Asturias AD 759 – AD 842