Who was alive in AD 747?
34 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 747. 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.
Li Bai46
Du Fu34–35
Jabir ibn Hayyan25–26
Abu Hanifa48
Pope Adrian I46–47
Pepin the Short29–34
Pope Paul I46–47
John of Damascus69–74
Pope Stephen III24–29
Pope Zachary67–68- Pope Stephen II30–35
Ja'far al-Sadiq45–48
Malik ibn Anas33–38
Rabia Basri27–37
Alcuin4–9
Abd al-Rahman I15–16- Roland9–10
Padmasambhava30
Constantine V28–29
Wang Wei47–48
Al-Mansur34
Abu Muslim27–29
Paul the Deacon24–29
Saint Boniface69–74
Al-Saffah24–25
Musa al-Kazim2
Marwan II58–59
Ibn Ishaq43
Al-Mahdi3
Emperor Xuanzong of Tang62–65
Desiderius34–39
Shantideva59–64
Emperor Kanmu9–10
Carloman35–39
Where the people alive in AD 747 were born
Birthplaces as a list
- Li Bai: Suyab
- Du Fu: Gongyi
- Jabir ibn Hayyan: Tus
- Abu Hanifa: Kufa
- Pope Adrian I: Rome
- Pepin the Short: Liège
- Pope Paul I: Rome
- John of Damascus: Damascus
- Pope Stephen III: Syracuse
- Pope Zachary: Santa Severina
- Pope Stephen II: Rome
- Ja'far al-Sadiq: Medina
- Malik ibn Anas: Medina
- Rabia Basri: Basra
- Alcuin: York
- Abd al-Rahman I: Damascus
- Constantine V: Constantinople
- Wang Wei: Yongji
- Al-Mansur: Humayma
- Abu Muslim: Isfahan
- Paul the Deacon: Cividale del Friuli
- Saint Boniface: Crediton
- Al-Saffah: Humayma
- Musa al-Kazim: Al-Abwa
- Ibn Ishaq: Medina
- Al-Mahdi: Humayma
- Emperor Xuanzong of Tang: Chang'an
- Desiderius: Brescia
- Emperor Kanmu: Heijō-kyō
- Carloman: Vienne