Who was alive in AD 768?
32 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 768. 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 768: Pepin the Short and Ibn Ishaq.
Charlemagne20–28
Abu Nuwas5–14
Du Fu55–56
Jabir ibn Hayyan46–47
Harun al-Rashid2
Pope Leo III17–18
Pope Adrian I67–68
Pepin the Short†
Al-Shafi'i1
Pope Stephen III45–50
Malik ibn Anas54–59
Irene of Athens13–19
Rabia Basri48–58
Alcuin25–30
Abd al-Rahman I36–37- Roland30–31
Constantine V49–50
Nikephoros I15–20
Al-Mansur55- Carloman I16–17
Paul the Deacon45–50
Leo IV the Khazar18
Musa al-Kazim23
Krum12–13
Ibn Ishaq63 or 64 †
Al-Mahdi24- Theophanes the Confessor8–9
Desiderius55–60
Al-Hadi4–7
Emperor Kanmu30–31
Hisham I of Córdoba11
Alfonso II of Asturias9
Where the people alive in AD 768 were born
Birthplaces as a list
- Charlemagne: Franciaf
- Abu Nuwas: Ahvaz
- Du Fu: Gongyi
- Jabir ibn Hayyan: Tus
- Harun al-Rashid: Ray
- Pope Leo III: Rome
- Pope Adrian I: Rome
- Pepin the Short: Liège
- Al-Shafi'i: Gaza City
- Pope Stephen III: Syracuse
- Malik ibn Anas: Medina
- Irene of Athens: Athens
- Rabia Basri: Basra
- Alcuin: York
- Abd al-Rahman I: Damascus
- Constantine V: Constantinople
- Nikephoros I: Pisidia
- Al-Mansur: Humayma
- Carloman I: Soissons
- Paul the Deacon: Cividale del Friuli
- Leo IV the Khazar: Constantinople
- Musa al-Kazim: Al-Abwa
- Krum: First Bulgarian Empire
- Ibn Ishaq: Medina
- Al-Mahdi: Humayma
- Theophanes the Confessor: Constantinople
- Desiderius: Brescia
- Emperor Kanmu: Heijō-kyō
- Hisham I of Córdoba: Córdoba
- Alfonso II of Asturias: Oviedo