Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 785?

42 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 785. 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.

Died in AD 785: Al-Mahdi.

  1. Charlemagne37–45
  2. Al-Khwarizmi2–7
  3. Abu Nuwas22–31
  4. Jabir ibn Hayyan63–64
  5. Harun al-Rashid19
  6. Pope Leo III34–35
  7. Louis the Pious7
  8. Pope Adrian I84–85
  9. Al-Shafi'i18
  10. Ahmad ibn Hanbal5
  11. Pope Paschal I7–12
  12. Pope Eugene II2–7
  13. Pope Stephen IV12–17
  14. Pope Valentine2–7
  15. Malik ibn Anas71–76
  16. Irene of Athens30–36
  17. Rabia Basri65–75
  18. Alcuin42–47
  19. Abd al-Rahman I53–54
  20. Nikephoros I32–37
  21. Bai Juyi13
  22. Al-Jahiz10
  23. Ecgberht, King of Wessex13–14
  24. Han Yu16–17
  25. Ali al-Rida15
  26. Michael I Rangabe12–17
  27. Leo V the Armenian9–10
  28. Paul the Deacon62–67
  29. Constantine VI14
  30. Michael II14–15
  31. Staurakios10
  32. Musa al-Kazim40
  33. Krum29–30
  34. Einhard8–13
  35. Kūkai11
  36. Al-Mahdi40 †
  37. Theophanes the Confessor25–26
  38. Al-Hadi21–24
  39. Pepin of Italy7–8
  40. Emperor Kanmu47–48
  41. Hisham I of Córdoba28
  42. Alfonso II of Asturias26

Where the people alive in AD 785 were born

The 42 best known of those alive in AD 785. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (37 of 42 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list