Who Was Alive
Wang Wei
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Wang Wei

Chinese poet and musician

Born AD 699 · died AD 759–761
Also known as Mo-chieh Wang, Mojie Wang, Youcheng Wang

Who was alive at the same time as Wang Wei?

  1. Wu Zetian, AD 624 – AD 705
  2. Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, c. AD 646 – AD 705
  3. Pope Sisinnius, c. AD 650 – AD 708
  4. Pope John VII, AD 650 – AD 707
  5. Pope Sergius I, AD 650 – AD 701
  6. Pope John VI, AD 655 – AD 705
  7. Pope Gregory II, AD 669 – AD 731
  8. Bede, c. AD 672 – AD 735
  9. John of Damascus, c. AD 675 – AD 749
  10. Pope Zachary, AD 679 – AD 752
  11. Charles Martel, AD 688 – AD 741
  12. Ja'far al-Sadiq, c. AD 701 – c. AD 765
  13. Wang Wei, AD 699 – c. AD 760
  14. Abu Hanifa, AD 699 – c. AD 768
  15. Pope Adrian I, AD 700 – AD 795
  16. Pope Paul I, AD 700 – AD 767
  17. Li Bai, AD 701 – AD 762
  18. Du Fu, AD 712 – AD 770
  19. Pope Stephen II, c. AD 714 – AD 757
  20. Pepin the Short, c. AD 716 – AD 768
  21. Pope Stephen III, c. AD 720 – AD 772
  22. Jabir ibn Hayyan, AD 721 – AD 815
  23. Charlemagne, c. AD 744 – AD 814
  24. Pope Leo III, AD 750 – c. AD 816

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When Wang Wei was born, Pope Gregory II was 29 or 30, Charles Martel was 10 or 11, Pope John VII was 48 or 49, Pope Sergius I was 48 or 49 and Pope John VI was 43 or 44.

Born during Wang Wei’s lifetime: Li Bai, Charlemagne, Du Fu, Jabir ibn Hayyan, Pope Leo III, Pope Adrian I, Pepin the Short and Pope Paul I.

Not quite contemporaries: Harun al-Rashid was born about 5 years after Wang Wei died, Pope Benedict II died about 14 years before Wang Wei was born, Al-Shafi'i was born about 6 years after Wang Wei died and Pope Paschal I was born about 12 years after Wang Wei died.

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Where Wang Wei’s contemporaries were born

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Compare Wang Wei

The 79 best-known contemporaries

79 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Wang Wei. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 730.

  1. Li Bai AD 701 – AD 762
  2. Charlemagne c. AD 744 – AD 814
  3. Du Fu AD 712 – AD 770
  4. Jabir ibn Hayyan AD 721 – AD 815
  5. Abu Hanifa AD 699 – c. AD 768
  6. Bede c. AD 672 – AD 735
  7. Pope Gregory II AD 669 – AD 731
  8. Charles Martel AD 688 – AD 741
  9. Pope Leo III AD 750 – c. AD 816
  10. Pope Adrian I AD 700 – AD 795
  11. Pepin the Short c. AD 716 – AD 768
  12. Pope Paul I AD 700 – AD 767
  13. John of Damascus c. AD 675 – AD 749
  14. Pope John VII AD 650 – AD 707
  15. Pope Sergius I AD 650 – AD 701
  16. Pope Stephen III c. AD 720 – AD 772
  17. Pope John VI AD 655 – AD 705
  18. Pope Zachary AD 679 – AD 752
  19. Pope Stephen II c. AD 714 – AD 757
  20. Ja'far al-Sadiq c. AD 701 – c. AD 765
  21. Wu Zetian AD 624 – AD 705
  22. Pope Sisinnius c. AD 650 – AD 708
  23. Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan c. AD 646 – AD 705
  24. Malik ibn Anas c. AD 711 – AD 795
  25. Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz AD 681 – c. AD 720
  26. Leo III the Isaurian AD 675 – AD 741
  27. Irene of Athens c. AD 752 – AD 803
  28. Rabia Basri 710s – AD 801
  29. Alcuin c. AD 740 – AD 804
  30. Justinian II AD 669 – AD 711
  31. Tariq ibn Ziyad AD 670 – AD 720
  32. Abd al-Rahman I AD 731 – AD 788
  33. Roland AD 737 – AD 778
  34. Padmasambhava AD 717 – AD 762
  35. Constantine V AD 718 – AD 775
  36. Nikephoros I c. AD 750 – AD 811
  37. Ali al-Sajjad AD 659 – AD 713
  38. Pelagius of Asturias c. AD 685 – AD 737
  39. Al-Mansur AD 713 – AD 775
  40. Carloman I AD 751 – AD 771
  41. Abu Muslim c. AD 719 – AD 755
  42. Paul the Deacon c. AD 720 – c. AD 799
  43. Leo IV the Khazar AD 750 – AD 780
  44. Leontius AD 660 – AD 706
  45. Al-Walid I AD 668 – AD 715
  46. Saint Boniface c. AD 675 – AD 754
  47. Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik AD 675 – AD 717
  48. Al-Saffah AD 722 – AD 754
  49. Musa al-Kazim AD 745 – c. AD 799
  50. Krum AD 755 – AD 814
  51. Muhammad al-Baqir AD 677 – AD 733
  52. Roderic AD 688 – AD 711
  53. Marwan II AD 688 – AD 750
  54. Dagobert III c. AD 698 – AD 715
  55. Al-Walid II 700s – AD 744
  56. Ibn Ishaq AD 704 – AD 768
  57. Al-Mahdi AD 744 – AD 785
  58. Childebert III AD 678 – AD 711
  59. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang c. AD 684 – c. AD 765
  60. Theuderic IV c. AD 713 – AD 737
  61. Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik AD 691 – AD 743
  62. Chilperic II c. AD 673 – AD 721
  63. Hasan al-Basri AD 642 – AD 728
  64. Pepin of Herstal c. AD 645 – AD 714
  65. Empress Jitō AD 645 – AD 703
  66. Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf AD 661 – AD 714
  67. Yazid II AD 687 – AD 724
  68. Yazid III AD 701 – AD 744
  69. Desiderius c. AD 710 – c. AD 786
  70. Empress Genmei AD 661 – AD 721
  71. Kahina AD 668 – AD 703
  72. Anas ibn Malik AD 611 – AD 713
  73. Muhammad ibn al-Qasim AD 695 – AD 715
  74. Liutprand, King of the Lombards c. 680s – AD 744
  75. Chlothar IV c. AD 685 – AD 719
  76. Shantideva c. AD 685 – c. AD 763
  77. Emperor Kanmu AD 737 – AD 806
  78. Hisham I of Córdoba AD 757 – AD 796
  79. Carloman c. AD 710 – AD 754