Who was alive in AD 708?
41 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 708. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year; a range such as 17–21 means the birth year itself is uncertain.
Died in AD 708: Pope Sisinnius.
Li Bai7
Abu Hanifa9
Bede33–38
Pope Gregory II38–39
Charles Martel20
Pope Adrian I7–8
Pope Paul I7–8
John of Damascus30–35
Pope Zachary28–29
Ja'far al-Sadiq6–9- Pope Sisinnius†
Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz27
Leo III the Isaurian33
Justinian II39
Tariq ibn Ziyad38
Ali al-Sajjad49
Pelagius of Asturias20–25
Wang Wei8–9
Al-Walid I39–40
Saint Boniface30–35
Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik32–33
Muhammad al-Baqir31
Roderic20
Marwan II19–20- Dagobert III7–12
Ibn Ishaq4
Childebert III29–30
Emperor Xuanzong of Tang23–26
Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik16–17- Chilperic II32–38
Hasan al-Basri66
Pepin of Herstal60–65
Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf47
Yazid II20–21
Yazid III6–7
Empress Genmei46–47- Anas ibn Malik96–97
Muhammad ibn al-Qasim12
Liutprand, King of the Lombards16–30- Chlothar IV20–25
Shantideva20–25
Where the people alive in AD 708 were born
Birthplaces as a list
- Li Bai: Suyab
- Abu Hanifa: Kufa
- Bede: Jarrow
- Pope Gregory II: Rome
- Charles Martel: Herstal
- Pope Adrian I: Rome
- Pope Paul I: Rome
- John of Damascus: Damascus
- Pope Zachary: Santa Severina
- Ja'far al-Sadiq: Medina
- Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz: Medina
- Leo III the Isaurian: Kahramanmaraş
- Justinian II: Constantinople
- Tariq ibn Ziyad: Khenchela
- Ali al-Sajjad: Medina
- Wang Wei: Yongji
- Al-Walid I: Medina
- Saint Boniface: Crediton
- Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik: Medina
- Muhammad al-Baqir: Medina
- Roderic: Córdoba
- Ibn Ishaq: Medina
- Emperor Xuanzong of Tang: Chang'an
- Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik: Damascus
- Hasan al-Basri: Medina
- Pepin of Herstal: Herstal
- Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf: Ta'if
- Yazid II: Damascus
- Yazid III: Damascus
- Anas ibn Malik: Medina
- Muhammad ibn al-Qasim: Ta'if
- Liutprand, King of the Lombards: Milan