Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 709?

40 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 709. 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.

  1. Li Bai8
  2. Abu Hanifa10
  3. Bede34–39
  4. Pope Gregory II39–40
  5. Charles Martel21
  6. Pope Adrian I8–9
  7. Pope Paul I8–9
  8. John of Damascus31–36
  9. Pope Zachary29–30
  10. Ja'far al-Sadiq7–10
  11. Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz28
  12. Leo III the Isaurian34
  13. Justinian II40
  14. Tariq ibn Ziyad39
  15. Ali al-Sajjad50
  16. Pelagius of Asturias21–26
  17. Wang Wei9–10
  18. Al-Walid I40–41
  19. Saint Boniface31–36
  20. Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik33–34
  21. Muhammad al-Baqir32
  22. Roderic21
  23. Marwan II20–21
  24. Dagobert III8–13
  25. Ibn Ishaq5
  26. Childebert III30–31
  27. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang24–27
  28. Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik17–18
  29. Chilperic II33–39
  30. Hasan al-Basri67
  31. Pepin of Herstal61–66
  32. Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf48
  33. Yazid II21–22
  34. Yazid III7–8
  35. Empress Genmei47–48
  36. Anas ibn Malik97–98
  37. Muhammad ibn al-Qasim13
  38. Liutprand, King of the Lombards17–31
  39. Chlothar IV21–26
  40. Shantideva21–26

Where the people alive in AD 709 were born

The 40 best known of those alive in AD 709. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (32 of 40 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list