Who was alive in AD 748?
35 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 748. 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 Bai47
Charlemagne0–8
Du Fu35–36
Jabir ibn Hayyan26–27
Abu Hanifa49
Pope Adrian I47–48
Pepin the Short30–35
Pope Paul I47–48
John of Damascus70–75
Pope Stephen III25–30
Pope Zachary68–69- Pope Stephen II31–36
Ja'far al-Sadiq46–49
Malik ibn Anas34–39
Rabia Basri28–38
Alcuin5–10
Abd al-Rahman I16–17- Roland10–11
Padmasambhava31
Constantine V29–30
Wang Wei48–49
Al-Mansur35
Abu Muslim28–30
Paul the Deacon25–30
Saint Boniface70–75
Al-Saffah25–26
Musa al-Kazim3
Marwan II59–60
Ibn Ishaq44
Al-Mahdi4
Emperor Xuanzong of Tang63–66
Desiderius35–40
Shantideva60–65
Emperor Kanmu10–11
Carloman36–40
Where the people alive in AD 748 were born
Birthplaces as a list
- Li Bai: Suyab
- Charlemagne: Franciaf
- 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