Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 781?

40 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 781. 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. Charlemagne33–41
  2. Abu Nuwas18–27
  3. Jabir ibn Hayyan59–60
  4. Harun al-Rashid15
  5. Pope Leo III30–31
  6. Louis the Pious3
  7. Pope Adrian I80–81
  8. Al-Shafi'i14
  9. Ahmad ibn Hanbal1
  10. Pope Paschal I3–8
  11. Pope Stephen IV8–13
  12. Malik ibn Anas67–72
  13. Irene of Athens26–32
  14. Rabia Basri61–71
  15. Alcuin38–43
  16. Abd al-Rahman I49–50
  17. Nikephoros I28–33
  18. Bai Juyi9
  19. Al-Jahiz6
  20. Ecgberht, King of Wessex9–10
  21. Han Yu12–13
  22. Ali al-Rida11
  23. Michael I Rangabe8–13
  24. Leo V the Armenian5–6
  25. Paul the Deacon58–63
  26. Constantine VI10
  27. Michael II10–11
  28. Staurakios6
  29. Musa al-Kazim36
  30. Krum25–26
  31. Einhard4–9
  32. Kūkai7
  33. Al-Mahdi37
  34. Theophanes the Confessor21–22
  35. Desiderius68–73
  36. Al-Hadi17–20
  37. Pepin of Italy3–4
  38. Emperor Kanmu43–44
  39. Hisham I of Córdoba24
  40. Alfonso II of Asturias22

Where the people alive in AD 781 were born

The 40 best known of those alive in AD 781. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (36 of 40 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list