Rurik

Monarch

Born AD 830 · died AD 879, aged 48 or 49
Also known as Riurik, Roderick, Ryurik

Who was alive at the same time as Rurik?

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When Rurik was born, Louis the Pious was 51 or 52, Charles the Bald was 6 or 7, Muhammad al-Bukhari was 19 or 20, Ahmad ibn Hanbal was 49 or 50 and Pope Adrian II was 37 or 38.

When Rurik died, Alfred the Great was 29 or 30, Abu Bakr al-Razi was 12 or 13, Pope Marinus I was 48 or 49, Pope Theodore II was 38 or 39 and Rudaki was 19 or 20.

Born during Rurik’s lifetime: Alfred the Great, Al-Farabi, Abu Bakr al-Razi, Pope Sergius III, Pope John X, Pope John IX, Pope Theodore II and Charles the Fat.

Not quite contemporaries: Jabir ibn Hayyan died about 14 years before Rurik was born, Adi Shankara died about 7 years before Rurik was born, Pope Leo III died about 12 years before Rurik was born and Al-Shafi'i died about 10 years before Rurik was born.

Where Rurik’s contemporaries were born

Rurik is labelled; the others are the best-known people we track who lived at the same time. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (42 of 47 placed); tap one to open that person.

Birthplaces as a list

Louis the Pious: Chasseneuil-du-Poitou
Ahmad ibn Hanbal: Baghdad
Pope Leo IV: Rome
Pope Sergius II: 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
Pope Nicholas I: Rome
Charles the Bald: Frankfurt
Pope Marinus I: Gallese
Charles the Fat: Neudingen
Pope John IX: Tivoli
Pope Theodore II: Rome
Alfred the Great: Wantage
Pope Sergius III: Rome
Pope John X: Tossignano
Abu Bakr al-Razi: Ray
Al-Farabi: Otrar
Rudaki: Panjrūd
Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj: Nishapur
Al-Tabari: Amol
Henry the Fowler: Saxony-Anhalt
Lothair I: Altdorf
Al-Hallaj: Wasit
John Scotus Eriugena: Ireland
Leo VI the Wise: Constantinople
Al-Ma'mun: Baghdad
Robert I of France: Angers
Bai Juyi: Xinzheng
Al-Jahiz: Basra
Ecgberht, King of Wessex: Kingdom of Wessex
Michael I Rangabe: Constantinople
Abd ar-Rahman II: Toledo
Kūkai: Zentsū-ji Temple
Al-Mu'tasim: Khuld Palace
Rabanus Maurus: Mainz
Babak Khorramdin: Ardabil
Alfonso II of Asturias: Oviedo

Compare Rurik

The 46 best-known contemporaries

46 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Rurik. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 855.

Al-Khwarizmi c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
Alfred the Great AD 849 – c. AD 899
Al-Farabi c. AD 870 – AD 951
Abu Bakr al-Razi AD 866 – AD 925
Louis the Pious AD 778 – AD 840
Al-Kindi c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
Charles the Bald AD 823 – AD 877
Muhammad al-Bukhari AD 810 – AD 870
Pope Gregory IV c. AD 795 – AD 844
Pope John VIII c. AD 820 – AD 882
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 Sergius III c. AD 860 – AD 911
Pope Benedict III c. AD 810 – AD 858
Pope Marinus I AD 830 – AD 884
Pope John X c. AD 860 – c. AD 929
Pope Nicholas I c. AD 820 – AD 867
Pope John IX c. AD 840 – AD 900
Pope Sergius II c. AD 790 – AD 847
Pope Theodore II AD 840 – AD 897
Charles the Fat c. AD 836 – AD 888
Rudaki AD 859 – AD 941
Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj AD 821 – AD 875
Al-Tabari c. AD 839 – AD 922
Henry the Fowler c. AD 876 – AD 936
Lothair I AD 795 – AD 855
Al-Hallaj c. AD 858 – AD 922
John Scotus Eriugena 800s – AD 877
Louis the German c. AD 806 – AD 876
Arnulf of Carinthia c. AD 850 – AD 899
Leo VI the Wise AD 866 – AD 912
Al-Ma'mun c. AD 786 – c. AD 833
Robert I of France AD 860 – AD 923
Bai Juyi AD 772 – AD 846
Al-Jahiz AD 775 – c. AD 869
Ecgberht, King of Wessex AD 771 – AD 839
Michael I Rangabe c. AD 770 – AD 844
Abd ar-Rahman II AD 792 – AD 852
Einhard c. AD 774 – AD 840
Kūkai AD 774 – AD 835
Al-Mu'tasim AD 796 – AD 842
Rabanus Maurus c. AD 783 – AD 856
Babak Khorramdin AD 798 – AD 838
Alfonso II of Asturias AD 759 – AD 842