Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 779?

40 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 779. 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. Charlemagne31–39
  2. Abu Nuwas16–25
  3. Jabir ibn Hayyan57–58
  4. Harun al-Rashid13
  5. Pope Leo III28–29
  6. Louis the Pious1
  7. Pope Adrian I78–79
  8. Al-Shafi'i12
  9. Pope Paschal I1–6
  10. Pope Stephen IV6–11
  11. Malik ibn Anas65–70
  12. Irene of Athens24–30
  13. Rabia Basri59–69
  14. Alcuin36–41
  15. Abd al-Rahman I47–48
  16. Nikephoros I26–31
  17. Bai Juyi7
  18. Al-Jahiz4
  19. Ecgberht, King of Wessex7–8
  20. Han Yu10–11
  21. Ali al-Rida9
  22. Michael I Rangabe6–11
  23. Leo V the Armenian3–4
  24. Paul the Deacon56–61
  25. Leo IV the Khazar29
  26. Constantine VI8
  27. Michael II8–9
  28. Staurakios4
  29. Musa al-Kazim34
  30. Krum23–24
  31. Einhard2–7
  32. Kūkai5
  33. Al-Mahdi35
  34. Theophanes the Confessor19–20
  35. Desiderius66–71
  36. Al-Hadi15–18
  37. Pepin of Italy1–2
  38. Emperor Kanmu41–42
  39. Hisham I of Córdoba22
  40. Alfonso II of Asturias20

Where the people alive in AD 779 were born

The 40 best known of those alive in AD 779. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (36 of 40 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list