Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 784?

43 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 784. 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. Charlemagne36–44
  2. Al-Khwarizmi1–6
  3. Abu Nuwas21–30
  4. Jabir ibn Hayyan62–63
  5. Harun al-Rashid18
  6. Pope Leo III33–34
  7. Louis the Pious6
  8. Pope Adrian I83–84
  9. Al-Shafi'i17
  10. Ahmad ibn Hanbal4
  11. Pope Paschal I6–11
  12. Pope Eugene II1–6
  13. Pope Stephen IV11–16
  14. Pope Valentine1–6
  15. Malik ibn Anas70–75
  16. Irene of Athens29–35
  17. Rabia Basri64–74
  18. Alcuin41–46
  19. Abd al-Rahman I52–53
  20. Nikephoros I31–36
  21. Bai Juyi12
  22. Al-Jahiz9
  23. Ecgberht, King of Wessex12–13
  24. Han Yu15–16
  25. Ali al-Rida14
  26. Michael I Rangabe11–16
  27. Leo V the Armenian8–9
  28. Paul the Deacon61–66
  29. Constantine VI13
  30. Michael II13–14
  31. Staurakios9
  32. Musa al-Kazim39
  33. Krum28–29
  34. Einhard7–12
  35. Kūkai10
  36. Al-Mahdi40
  37. Theophanes the Confessor24–25
  38. Desiderius71–76
  39. Al-Hadi20–23
  40. Pepin of Italy6–7
  41. Emperor Kanmu46–47
  42. Hisham I of Córdoba27
  43. Alfonso II of Asturias25

Where the people alive in AD 784 were born

The 43 best known of those alive in AD 784. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (38 of 43 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list