Who Was Alive
Pepin the Short
Louis-Félix Amiel, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Pepin the Short

King of Franks

Born AD 712–717 · died 24 September AD 768
Also known as Pepin the Younger, Pippin III, Pepin III

Who was alive at the same time as Pepin the Short?

  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. Leo III the Isaurian, AD 675 – AD 741
  5. Pope Zachary, AD 679 – AD 752
  6. Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz, AD 681 – c. AD 720
  7. Charles Martel, AD 688 – AD 741
  8. Ja'far al-Sadiq, c. AD 701 – c. AD 765
  9. Abu Hanifa, AD 699 – c. AD 768
  10. Pope Adrian I, AD 700 – AD 795
  11. Pope Paul I, AD 700 – AD 767
  12. Li Bai, AD 701 – AD 762
  13. Malik ibn Anas, c. AD 711 – AD 795
  14. Du Fu, AD 712 – AD 770
  15. Pope Stephen II, c. AD 714 – AD 757
  16. Pepin the Short, c. AD 716 – AD 768
  17. Pope Stephen III, c. AD 720 – AD 772
  18. Jabir ibn Hayyan, AD 721 – AD 815
  19. Charlemagne, c. AD 744 – AD 814
  20. Irene of Athens, c. AD 752 – AD 803
  21. Pope Leo III, AD 750 – c. AD 816
  22. Abu Nuwas, c. AD 759 – AD 814
  23. Harun al-Rashid, AD 766 – AD 809
  24. Al-Shafi'i, AD 767 – AD 820

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When Pepin the Short died, Du Fu was 55 or 56, Jabir ibn Hayyan was 46 or 47, Harun al-Rashid was 2, Pope Leo III was 17 or 18 and Pope Adrian I was 67 or 68.

Born during Pepin the Short’s lifetime: Charlemagne, Abu Nuwas, Jabir ibn Hayyan, Harun al-Rashid, Pope Leo III, Al-Shafi'i, Pope Stephen III and Irene of Athens.

Not quite contemporaries: Al-Khwarizmi was born about 10 years after Pepin the Short died, Louis the Pious was born about 10 years after Pepin the Short died, Ahmad ibn Hanbal was born about 12 years after Pepin the Short died and Pope Paschal I was born about 5 years after Pepin the Short died.

What happened in Pepin the Short’s lifetime

Where Pepin the Short’s contemporaries were born

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The 65 best-known contemporaries

65 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Pepin the Short. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 743.

  1. Li Bai AD 701 – AD 762
  2. Charlemagne c. AD 744 – AD 814
  3. Abu Nuwas c. AD 759 – AD 814
  4. Du Fu AD 712 – AD 770
  5. Jabir ibn Hayyan AD 721 – AD 815
  6. Harun al-Rashid AD 766 – AD 809
  7. Abu Hanifa AD 699 – c. AD 768
  8. Bede c. AD 672 – AD 735
  9. Pope Gregory II AD 669 – AD 731
  10. Charles Martel AD 688 – AD 741
  11. Pope Leo III AD 750 – c. AD 816
  12. Pope Adrian I AD 700 – AD 795
  13. Pope Paul I AD 700 – AD 767
  14. John of Damascus c. AD 675 – AD 749
  15. Al-Shafi'i AD 767 – AD 820
  16. Pope Stephen III c. AD 720 – AD 772
  17. Pope Zachary AD 679 – AD 752
  18. Pope Stephen II c. AD 714 – AD 757
  19. Ja'far al-Sadiq c. AD 701 – c. AD 765
  20. Malik ibn Anas c. AD 711 – AD 795
  21. Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz AD 681 – c. AD 720
  22. Leo III the Isaurian AD 675 – AD 741
  23. Irene of Athens c. AD 752 – AD 803
  24. Rabia Basri 710s – AD 801
  25. Alcuin c. AD 740 – AD 804
  26. Tariq ibn Ziyad AD 670 – AD 720
  27. Abd al-Rahman I AD 731 – AD 788
  28. Roland AD 737 – AD 778
  29. Padmasambhava AD 717 – AD 762
  30. Constantine V AD 718 – AD 775
  31. Nikephoros I c. AD 750 – AD 811
  32. Pelagius of Asturias c. AD 685 – AD 737
  33. Wang Wei AD 699 – c. AD 760
  34. Al-Mansur AD 713 – AD 775
  35. Carloman I AD 751 – AD 771
  36. Abu Muslim c. AD 719 – AD 755
  37. Paul the Deacon c. AD 720 – c. AD 799
  38. Leo IV the Khazar AD 750 – AD 780
  39. Saint Boniface c. AD 675 – AD 754
  40. Al-Saffah AD 722 – AD 754
  41. Musa al-Kazim AD 745 – c. AD 799
  42. Krum AD 755 – AD 814
  43. Muhammad al-Baqir AD 677 – AD 733
  44. Marwan II AD 688 – AD 750
  45. Al-Walid II 700s – AD 744
  46. Ibn Ishaq AD 704 – AD 768
  47. Al-Mahdi AD 744 – AD 785
  48. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang c. AD 684 – c. AD 765
  49. Theuderic IV c. AD 713 – AD 737
  50. Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik AD 691 – AD 743
  51. Theophanes the Confessor AD 759 – AD 817
  52. Chilperic II c. AD 673 – AD 721
  53. Hasan al-Basri AD 642 – AD 728
  54. Yazid II AD 687 – AD 724
  55. Yazid III AD 701 – AD 744
  56. Desiderius c. AD 710 – c. AD 786
  57. Al-Hadi c. AD 763 – AD 786
  58. Empress Genmei AD 661 – AD 721
  59. Liutprand, King of the Lombards c. 680s – AD 744
  60. Chlothar IV c. AD 685 – AD 719
  61. Shantideva c. AD 685 – c. AD 763
  62. Emperor Kanmu AD 737 – AD 806
  63. Hisham I of Córdoba AD 757 – AD 796
  64. Carloman c. AD 710 – AD 754
  65. Alfonso II of Asturias AD 759 – AD 842