Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 778?

41 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 778. 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.

Born in AD 778: Louis the Pious.

Died in AD 778: Roland.

  1. Charlemagne30–38
  2. Abu Nuwas15–24
  3. Jabir ibn Hayyan56–57
  4. Harun al-Rashid12
  5. Pope Leo III27–28
  6. Louis the Piousborn
  7. Pope Adrian I77–78
  8. Al-Shafi'i11
  9. Pope Paschal I0–5
  10. Pope Stephen IV5–10
  11. Malik ibn Anas64–69
  12. Irene of Athens23–29
  13. Rabia Basri58–68
  14. Alcuin35–40
  15. Abd al-Rahman I46–47
  16. Roland40 or 41 †
  17. Nikephoros I25–30
  18. Bai Juyi6
  19. Al-Jahiz3
  20. Ecgberht, King of Wessex6–7
  21. Han Yu9–10
  22. Ali al-Rida8
  23. Michael I Rangabe5–10
  24. Leo V the Armenian2–3
  25. Paul the Deacon55–60
  26. Leo IV the Khazar28
  27. Constantine VI7
  28. Michael II7–8
  29. Staurakios3
  30. Musa al-Kazim33
  31. Krum22–23
  32. Einhard1–6
  33. Kūkai4
  34. Al-Mahdi34
  35. Theophanes the Confessor18–19
  36. Desiderius65–70
  37. Al-Hadi14–17
  38. Pepin of Italy0–1
  39. Emperor Kanmu40–41
  40. Hisham I of Córdoba21
  41. Alfonso II of Asturias19

Where the people alive in AD 778 were born

The 41 best known of those alive in AD 778. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (36 of 41 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list