Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 786?

42 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 786. 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 786: Al-Ma'mun.

Died in AD 786: Al-Hadi.

  1. Charlemagne38–46
  2. Al-Khwarizmi3–8
  3. Abu Nuwas23–32
  4. Jabir ibn Hayyan64–65
  5. Harun al-Rashid20
  6. Pope Leo III35–36
  7. Louis the Pious8
  8. Pope Adrian I85–86
  9. Al-Shafi'i19
  10. Ahmad ibn Hanbal6
  11. Pope Paschal I8–13
  12. Pope Eugene II3–8
  13. Pope Stephen IV13–18
  14. Pope Valentine3–8
  15. Malik ibn Anas72–77
  16. Irene of Athens31–37
  17. Rabia Basri66–76
  18. Alcuin43–48
  19. Abd al-Rahman I54–55
  20. Al-Ma'munborn
  21. Nikephoros I33–38
  22. Bai Juyi14
  23. Al-Jahiz11
  24. Ecgberht, King of Wessex14–15
  25. Han Yu17–18
  26. Ali al-Rida16
  27. Michael I Rangabe13–18
  28. Leo V the Armenian10–11
  29. Paul the Deacon63–68
  30. Constantine VI15
  31. Michael II15–16
  32. Staurakios11
  33. Musa al-Kazim41
  34. Krum30–31
  35. Einhard9–14
  36. Kūkai12
  37. Theophanes the Confessor26–27
  38. Al-Hadi†
  39. Pepin of Italy8–9
  40. Emperor Kanmu48–49
  41. Hisham I of Córdoba29
  42. Alfonso II of Asturias27

Where the people alive in AD 786 were born

The 42 best known of those alive in AD 786. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (37 of 42 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list