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Pope Adrian I
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Pope Adrian I

Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born AD 700 · died 25 December AD 795, aged 94 or 95
Also known as Adrian I, Pope Adrian, Adrian

Who was alive at the same time as Pope Adrian I?

  1. Pope John VII, AD 650 – AD 707
  2. Pope Gregory II, AD 669 – AD 731
  3. Bede, c. AD 672 – AD 735
  4. John of Damascus, c. AD 675 – AD 749
  5. Charles Martel, AD 688 – AD 741
  6. Abu Hanifa, AD 699 – c. AD 768
  7. Pope Adrian I, AD 700 – AD 795
  8. Pope Paul I, AD 700 – AD 767
  9. Li Bai, AD 701 – AD 762
  10. Du Fu, AD 712 – AD 770
  11. Pepin the Short, c. AD 716 – AD 768
  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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When Pope Adrian I was born, Abu Hanifa was about a year old, Charles Martel was 11 or 12, Wu Zetian was 75 or 76, Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz was 18 or 19 and Ali al-Sajjad was 40 or 41.

When Pope Adrian I died, Jabir ibn Hayyan was 73 or 74, Harun al-Rashid was 29, Pope Leo III was 44 or 45, Louis the Pious was 17 and Al-Shafi'i was 28.

Born during Pope Adrian I’s lifetime: Li Bai, Charlemagne, Al-Khwarizmi, Abu Nuwas, Du Fu, Jabir ibn Hayyan, Harun al-Rashid and Adi Shankara.

Not quite contemporaries: Al-Kindi was born about 4 years after Pope Adrian I died, Muhammad al-Bukhari was born about 15 years after Pope Adrian I died, Pope Benedict II died about 15 years before Pope Adrian I was born and Pope Benedict III was born about 13 years after Pope Adrian I died.

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Where Pope Adrian I’s contemporaries were born

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The 113 best-known contemporaries

113 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Pope Adrian I. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 748.

  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. Pepin the Short c. AD 716 – AD 768
  16. Pope Paul I AD 700 – AD 767
  17. John of Damascus c. AD 675 – AD 749
  18. Al-Shafi'i AD 767 – AD 820
  19. Ahmad ibn Hanbal AD 780 – AD 855
  20. Pope Adrian II AD 792 – AD 872
  21. Pope Leo IV c. AD 790 – AD 855
  22. Pope Paschal I c. AD 775 – AD 824
  23. Pope John VII AD 650 – AD 707
  24. Pope Sergius I AD 650 – AD 701
  25. Pope Stephen III c. AD 720 – AD 772
  26. Pope Eugene II c. AD 780 – AD 827
  27. Pope John VI AD 655 – AD 705
  28. Pope Zachary AD 679 – AD 752
  29. Pope Stephen II c. AD 714 – AD 757
  30. Ja'far al-Sadiq c. AD 701 – c. AD 765
  31. Pope Stephen IV c. AD 770 – AD 817
  32. Pope Sergius II c. AD 790 – AD 847
  33. Wu Zetian AD 624 – AD 705
  34. Pope Sisinnius c. AD 650 – AD 708
  35. Pope Valentine c. AD 780 – AD 827
  36. Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan c. AD 646 – AD 705
  37. Malik ibn Anas c. AD 711 – AD 795
  38. Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz AD 681 – c. AD 720
  39. Leo III the Isaurian AD 675 – AD 741
  40. Irene of Athens c. AD 752 – AD 803
  41. Rabia Basri 710s – AD 801
  42. Alcuin c. AD 740 – AD 804
  43. Justinian II AD 669 – AD 711
  44. Tariq ibn Ziyad AD 670 – AD 720
  45. Abd al-Rahman I AD 731 – AD 788
  46. Roland AD 737 – AD 778
  47. Al-Ma'mun c. AD 786 – c. AD 833
  48. Padmasambhava AD 717 – AD 762
  49. Constantine V AD 718 – AD 775
  50. Nikephoros I c. AD 750 – AD 811
  51. Bai Juyi AD 772 – AD 846
  52. Al-Jahiz AD 775 – c. AD 869
  53. Ali al-Sajjad AD 659 – AD 713
  54. Ecgberht, King of Wessex AD 771 – AD 839
  55. Pelagius of Asturias c. AD 685 – AD 737
  56. Han Yu AD 768 – AD 824
  57. Ali al-Rida AD 770 – AD 818
  58. Wang Wei AD 699 – c. AD 760
  59. Al-Mansur AD 713 – AD 775
  60. Carloman I AD 751 – AD 771
  61. Michael I Rangabe c. AD 770 – AD 844
  62. Leo V the Armenian AD 775 – AD 820
  63. Abu Muslim c. AD 719 – AD 755
  64. Paul the Deacon c. AD 720 – c. AD 799
  65. Leo IV the Khazar AD 750 – AD 780
  66. Constantine VI AD 771 – c. AD 798
  67. Leontius AD 660 – AD 706
  68. Al-Walid I AD 668 – AD 715
  69. Saint Boniface c. AD 675 – AD 754
  70. Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik AD 675 – AD 717
  71. Al-Saffah AD 722 – AD 754
  72. Michael II AD 770 – AD 829
  73. Staurakios AD 775 – AD 812
  74. Abd ar-Rahman II AD 792 – AD 852
  75. Musa al-Kazim AD 745 – c. AD 799
  76. Krum AD 755 – AD 814
  77. Einhard c. AD 774 – AD 840
  78. Kūkai AD 774 – AD 835
  79. Muhammad al-Baqir AD 677 – AD 733
  80. Roderic AD 688 – AD 711
  81. Marwan II AD 688 – AD 750
  82. Dagobert III c. AD 698 – AD 715
  83. Al-Walid II 700s – AD 744
  84. Ibn Ishaq AD 704 – AD 768
  85. Al-Mahdi AD 744 – AD 785
  86. Childebert III AD 678 – AD 711
  87. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang c. AD 684 – c. AD 765
  88. Theuderic IV c. AD 713 – AD 737
  89. Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik AD 691 – AD 743
  90. Theophanes the Confessor AD 759 – AD 817
  91. Chilperic II c. AD 673 – AD 721
  92. Hasan al-Basri AD 642 – AD 728
  93. Pepin of Herstal c. AD 645 – AD 714
  94. Empress Jitō AD 645 – AD 703
  95. Rabanus Maurus c. AD 783 – AD 856
  96. Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf AD 661 – AD 714
  97. Yazid II AD 687 – AD 724
  98. Yazid III AD 701 – AD 744
  99. Desiderius c. AD 710 – c. AD 786
  100. Al-Hadi c. AD 763 – AD 786
  101. Pepin of Italy AD 777 – AD 810
  102. Al-Amin AD 787 – AD 813
  103. Empress Genmei AD 661 – AD 721
  104. Kahina AD 668 – AD 703
  105. Anas ibn Malik AD 611 – AD 713
  106. Muhammad ibn al-Qasim AD 695 – AD 715
  107. Liutprand, King of the Lombards c. 680s – AD 744
  108. Chlothar IV c. AD 685 – AD 719
  109. Shantideva c. AD 685 – c. AD 763
  110. Emperor Kanmu AD 737 – AD 806
  111. Hisham I of Córdoba AD 757 – AD 796
  112. Carloman c. AD 710 – AD 754
  113. Alfonso II of Asturias AD 759 – AD 842