Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 780?

41 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 780. 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 780: Ahmad ibn Hanbal.

Died in AD 780: Leo IV the Khazar.

  1. Charlemagne32–40
  2. Abu Nuwas17–26
  3. Jabir ibn Hayyan58–59
  4. Harun al-Rashid14
  5. Pope Leo III29–30
  6. Louis the Pious2
  7. Pope Adrian I79–80
  8. Al-Shafi'i13
  9. Ahmad ibn Hanbalborn
  10. Pope Paschal I2–7
  11. Pope Stephen IV7–12
  12. Malik ibn Anas66–71
  13. Irene of Athens25–31
  14. Rabia Basri60–70
  15. Alcuin37–42
  16. Abd al-Rahman I48–49
  17. Nikephoros I27–32
  18. Bai Juyi8
  19. Al-Jahiz5
  20. Ecgberht, King of Wessex8–9
  21. Han Yu11–12
  22. Ali al-Rida10
  23. Michael I Rangabe7–12
  24. Leo V the Armenian4–5
  25. Paul the Deacon57–62
  26. Leo IV the Khazar30 †
  27. Constantine VI9
  28. Michael II9–10
  29. Staurakios5
  30. Musa al-Kazim35
  31. Krum24–25
  32. Einhard3–8
  33. Kūkai6
  34. Al-Mahdi36
  35. Theophanes the Confessor20–21
  36. Desiderius67–72
  37. Al-Hadi16–19
  38. Pepin of Italy2–3
  39. Emperor Kanmu42–43
  40. Hisham I of Córdoba23
  41. Alfonso II of Asturias21

Where the people alive in AD 780 were born

The 41 best known of those alive in AD 780. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (37 of 41 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list