Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 720?

40 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 720. 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 Bai19
  2. Du Fu7–8
  3. Abu Hanifa21
  4. Bede45–50
  5. Pope Gregory II50–51
  6. Charles Martel32
  7. Pope Adrian I19–20
  8. Pepin the Short2–7
  9. Pope Paul I19–20
  10. John of Damascus42–47
  11. Pope Zachary40–41
  12. Pope Stephen II3–8
  13. Ja'far al-Sadiq18–21
  14. Malik ibn Anas6–11
  15. Leo III the Isaurian45
  16. Rabia Basri0–10
  17. Tariq ibn Ziyad50
  18. Padmasambhava3
  19. Constantine V1–2
  20. Pelagius of Asturias32–37
  21. Wang Wei20–21
  22. Al-Mansur7
  23. Abu Muslim0–2
  24. Saint Boniface42–47
  25. Muhammad al-Baqir43
  26. Marwan II31–32
  27. Al-Walid II10–20
  28. Ibn Ishaq16
  29. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang35–38
  30. Theuderic IV6–8
  31. Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik28–29
  32. Chilperic II44–50
  33. Hasan al-Basri78
  34. Yazid II32–33
  35. Yazid III18–19
  36. Desiderius7–12
  37. Empress Genmei58–59
  38. Liutprand, King of the Lombards28–42
  39. Shantideva32–37
  40. Carloman8–12

Where the people alive in AD 720 were born

The 40 best known of those alive in AD 720. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (33 of 40 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list