Who Was Alive

Theophanes the Confessor

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Born AD 759 · died AD 817, aged 57 or 58

Who was alive at the same time as Theophanes the Confessor?

  1. Abu Hanifa, AD 699 – c. AD 768
  2. Pope Adrian I, AD 700 – AD 795
  3. Pope Paul I, AD 700 – AD 767
  4. Li Bai, AD 701 – AD 762
  5. Du Fu, AD 712 – AD 770
  6. Pepin the Short, c. AD 716 – AD 768
  7. Pope Stephen III, c. AD 720 – AD 772
  8. Jabir ibn Hayyan, AD 721 – AD 815
  9. Charlemagne, c. AD 744 – AD 814
  10. Pope Leo III, AD 750 – c. AD 816
  11. Abu Nuwas, c. AD 759 – AD 814
  12. Theophanes the Confessor, AD 759 – AD 817
  13. Harun al-Rashid, AD 766 – AD 809
  14. Al-Shafi'i, AD 767 – AD 820
  15. Pope Paschal I, c. AD 775 – AD 824
  16. Al-Khwarizmi, c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  17. Louis the Pious, AD 778 – AD 840
  18. Ahmad ibn Hanbal, AD 780 – AD 855
  19. Adi Shankara, c. AD 788 – c. AD 821
  20. Pope Leo IV, c. AD 790 – AD 855
  21. Pope Adrian II, AD 792 – AD 872
  22. Pope Gregory IV, c. AD 795 – AD 844
  23. Al-Kindi, c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  24. Muhammad al-Bukhari, AD 810 – AD 870

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When Theophanes the Confessor was born, Li Bai was 57 or 58, Du Fu was 46 or 47, Jabir ibn Hayyan was 37 or 38, Abu Hanifa was 59 or 60 and Pope Leo III was 8 or 9.

When Theophanes the Confessor died, Louis the Pious was 38 or 39, Muhammad al-Bukhari was 6 or 7, Al-Shafi'i was 49 or 50, Ahmad ibn Hanbal was 36 or 37 and Pope Adrian II was 24 or 25.

Born during Theophanes the Confessor’s lifetime: Al-Khwarizmi, Harun al-Rashid, Adi Shankara, Louis the Pious, Al-Kindi, Muhammad al-Bukhari, Pope Gregory IV and Al-Shafi'i.

Not quite contemporaries: Charles the Bald was born about 5 years after Theophanes the Confessor died, John of Damascus died about 10 years before Theophanes the Confessor was born, Pope Marinus I was born about 12 years after Theophanes the Confessor died and Pope Zachary died about 7 years before Theophanes the Confessor was born.

Where Theophanes the Confessor’s contemporaries were born

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The 75 best-known contemporaries

75 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Theophanes the Confessor. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 789.

  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. Pope Leo III AD 750 – c. AD 816
  11. Louis the Pious AD 778 – AD 840
  12. Al-Kindi c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  13. Pope Adrian I AD 700 – AD 795
  14. Pepin the Short c. AD 716 – AD 768
  15. Muhammad al-Bukhari AD 810 – AD 870
  16. Pope Gregory IV c. AD 795 – AD 844
  17. Pope Paul I AD 700 – AD 767
  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 Stephen III c. AD 720 – AD 772
  24. Pope Eugene II c. AD 780 – AD 827
  25. Pope Benedict III c. AD 810 – AD 858
  26. Ja'far al-Sadiq c. AD 701 – c. AD 765
  27. Pope Stephen IV c. AD 770 – AD 817
  28. Pope Sergius II c. AD 790 – AD 847
  29. Pope Valentine c. AD 780 – AD 827
  30. Malik ibn Anas c. AD 711 – AD 795
  31. Lothair I AD 795 – AD 855
  32. Irene of Athens c. AD 752 – AD 803
  33. Rabia Basri 710s – AD 801
  34. Alcuin c. AD 740 – AD 804
  35. Abd al-Rahman I AD 731 – AD 788
  36. John Scotus Eriugena 800s – AD 877
  37. Louis the German c. AD 806 – AD 876
  38. Roland AD 737 – AD 778
  39. Al-Ma'mun c. AD 786 – c. AD 833
  40. Padmasambhava AD 717 – AD 762
  41. Constantine V AD 718 – AD 775
  42. Nikephoros I c. AD 750 – AD 811
  43. Bai Juyi AD 772 – AD 846
  44. Al-Jahiz AD 775 – c. AD 869
  45. Ecgberht, King of Wessex AD 771 – AD 839
  46. Han Yu AD 768 – AD 824
  47. Ali al-Rida AD 770 – AD 818
  48. Al-Mansur AD 713 – AD 775
  49. Carloman I AD 751 – AD 771
  50. Michael I Rangabe c. AD 770 – AD 844
  51. Leo V the Armenian AD 775 – AD 820
  52. Paul the Deacon c. AD 720 – c. AD 799
  53. Leo IV the Khazar AD 750 – AD 780
  54. Constantine VI AD 771 – c. AD 798
  55. Michael II AD 770 – AD 829
  56. Staurakios AD 775 – AD 812
  57. Abd ar-Rahman II AD 792 – AD 852
  58. Musa al-Kazim AD 745 – c. AD 799
  59. Krum AD 755 – AD 814
  60. Einhard c. AD 774 – AD 840
  61. Kūkai AD 774 – AD 835
  62. Al-Mu'tasim AD 796 – AD 842
  63. Ibn Ishaq AD 704 – AD 768
  64. Al-Mahdi AD 744 – AD 785
  65. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang c. AD 684 – c. AD 765
  66. Rabanus Maurus c. AD 783 – AD 856
  67. Babak Khorramdin AD 798 – AD 838
  68. Desiderius c. AD 710 – c. AD 786
  69. Al-Hadi c. AD 763 – AD 786
  70. Pepin of Italy AD 777 – AD 810
  71. Al-Amin AD 787 – AD 813
  72. Shantideva c. AD 685 – c. AD 763
  73. Emperor Kanmu AD 737 – AD 806
  74. Hisham I of Córdoba AD 757 – AD 796
  75. Alfonso II of Asturias AD 759 – AD 842