Who Was Alive
Paul the Deacon
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Paul the Deacon

Monk and historian

Born c. AD 720 · died c. AD 799
Also known as Paulus Diaconus

Who was alive at the same time as Paul the Deacon?

  1. Pope Gregory II, AD 669 – AD 731
  2. Bede, c. AD 672 – AD 735
  3. John of Damascus, c. AD 675 – AD 749
  4. Charles Martel, AD 688 – AD 741
  5. Abu Hanifa, AD 699 – c. AD 768
  6. Pope Adrian I, AD 700 – AD 795
  7. Pope Paul I, AD 700 – AD 767
  8. Li Bai, AD 701 – AD 762
  9. Du Fu, AD 712 – AD 770
  10. Pepin the Short, c. AD 716 – AD 768
  11. Paul the Deacon, c. AD 720 – c. AD 799
  12. Jabir ibn Hayyan, AD 721 – AD 815
  13. Charlemagne, c. AD 744 – AD 814
  14. Pope Leo III, AD 750 – c. AD 816
  15. Abu Nuwas, c. AD 759 – AD 814
  16. Harun al-Rashid, AD 766 – AD 809
  17. Al-Shafi'i, AD 767 – AD 820
  18. Pope Paschal I, c. AD 775 – AD 824
  19. Al-Khwarizmi, c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  20. Louis the Pious, AD 778 – AD 840
  21. Ahmad ibn Hanbal, AD 780 – AD 855
  22. Adi Shankara, c. AD 788 – c. AD 821
  23. Pope Leo IV, c. AD 790 – AD 855
  24. Pope Adrian II, AD 792 – AD 872

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Born during Paul the Deacon’s lifetime: Charlemagne, Al-Khwarizmi, Abu Nuwas, Harun al-Rashid, Adi Shankara, Pope Leo III, Louis the Pious and Al-Shafi'i.

Not quite contemporaries: Muhammad al-Bukhari was born about 8 years after Paul the Deacon died, Pope Formosus was born about 12 years after Paul the Deacon died, Pope John VII died about 11 years before Paul the Deacon was born and Pope Benedict III was born about 6 years after Paul the Deacon died.

What happened in Paul the Deacon’s lifetime

Where Paul the Deacon’s contemporaries were born

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The 90 best-known contemporaries

90 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Paul the Deacon. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 760.

  1. Li Bai AD 701 – AD 762
  2. Charlemagne c. AD 744 – AD 814
  3. Al-Khwarizmi c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  4. Abu Nuwas c. AD 759 – AD 814
  5. Du Fu AD 712 – AD 770
  6. Jabir ibn Hayyan AD 721 – AD 815
  7. Harun al-Rashid AD 766 – AD 809
  8. Adi Shankara c. AD 788 – c. AD 821
  9. Abu Hanifa AD 699 – c. AD 768
  10. Bede c. AD 672 – AD 735
  11. Pope Gregory II AD 669 – AD 731
  12. Charles Martel AD 688 – AD 741
  13. Pope Leo III AD 750 – c. AD 816
  14. Louis the Pious AD 778 – AD 840
  15. Pope Adrian I AD 700 – AD 795
  16. Pepin the Short c. AD 716 – AD 768
  17. Pope Paul I AD 700 – AD 767
  18. John of Damascus c. AD 675 – AD 749
  19. Al-Shafi'i AD 767 – AD 820
  20. Ahmad ibn Hanbal AD 780 – AD 855
  21. Pope Adrian II AD 792 – AD 872
  22. Pope Leo IV c. AD 790 – AD 855
  23. Pope Paschal I c. AD 775 – AD 824
  24. Pope Stephen III c. AD 720 – AD 772
  25. Pope Eugene II c. AD 780 – AD 827
  26. Pope Zachary AD 679 – AD 752
  27. Pope Stephen II c. AD 714 – AD 757
  28. Ja'far al-Sadiq c. AD 701 – c. AD 765
  29. Pope Stephen IV c. AD 770 – AD 817
  30. Pope Sergius II c. AD 790 – AD 847
  31. Pope Valentine c. AD 780 – AD 827
  32. Malik ibn Anas c. AD 711 – AD 795
  33. Leo III the Isaurian AD 675 – AD 741
  34. Lothair I AD 795 – AD 855
  35. Irene of Athens c. AD 752 – AD 803
  36. Rabia Basri 710s – AD 801
  37. Alcuin c. AD 740 – AD 804
  38. Abd al-Rahman I AD 731 – AD 788
  39. Roland AD 737 – AD 778
  40. Al-Ma'mun c. AD 786 – c. AD 833
  41. Padmasambhava AD 717 – AD 762
  42. Constantine V AD 718 – AD 775
  43. Nikephoros I c. AD 750 – AD 811
  44. Bai Juyi AD 772 – AD 846
  45. Al-Jahiz AD 775 – c. AD 869
  46. Ecgberht, King of Wessex AD 771 – AD 839
  47. Pelagius of Asturias c. AD 685 – AD 737
  48. Han Yu AD 768 – AD 824
  49. Ali al-Rida AD 770 – AD 818
  50. Wang Wei AD 699 – c. AD 760
  51. Al-Mansur AD 713 – AD 775
  52. Carloman I AD 751 – AD 771
  53. Michael I Rangabe c. AD 770 – AD 844
  54. Leo V the Armenian AD 775 – AD 820
  55. Abu Muslim c. AD 719 – AD 755
  56. Leo IV the Khazar AD 750 – AD 780
  57. Constantine VI AD 771 – c. AD 798
  58. Saint Boniface c. AD 675 – AD 754
  59. Al-Saffah AD 722 – AD 754
  60. Michael II AD 770 – AD 829
  61. Staurakios AD 775 – AD 812
  62. Abd ar-Rahman II AD 792 – AD 852
  63. Musa al-Kazim AD 745 – c. AD 799
  64. Krum AD 755 – AD 814
  65. Einhard c. AD 774 – AD 840
  66. Kūkai AD 774 – AD 835
  67. Al-Mu'tasim AD 796 – AD 842
  68. Muhammad al-Baqir AD 677 – AD 733
  69. Marwan II AD 688 – AD 750
  70. Al-Walid II 700s – AD 744
  71. Ibn Ishaq AD 704 – AD 768
  72. Al-Mahdi AD 744 – AD 785
  73. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang c. AD 684 – c. AD 765
  74. Theuderic IV c. AD 713 – AD 737
  75. Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik AD 691 – AD 743
  76. Theophanes the Confessor AD 759 – AD 817
  77. Hasan al-Basri AD 642 – AD 728
  78. Rabanus Maurus c. AD 783 – AD 856
  79. Yazid II AD 687 – AD 724
  80. Yazid III AD 701 – AD 744
  81. Desiderius c. AD 710 – c. AD 786
  82. Al-Hadi c. AD 763 – AD 786
  83. Pepin of Italy AD 777 – AD 810
  84. Al-Amin AD 787 – AD 813
  85. Liutprand, King of the Lombards c. 680s – AD 744
  86. Shantideva c. AD 685 – c. AD 763
  87. Emperor Kanmu AD 737 – AD 806
  88. Hisham I of Córdoba AD 757 – AD 796
  89. Carloman c. AD 710 – AD 754
  90. Alfonso II of Asturias AD 759 – AD 842