Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 787?

42 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 787. 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 787: Al-Amin.

  1. Charlemagne39–47
  2. Al-Khwarizmi4–9
  3. Abu Nuwas24–33
  4. Jabir ibn Hayyan65–66
  5. Harun al-Rashid21
  6. Pope Leo III36–37
  7. Louis the Pious9
  8. Pope Adrian I86–87
  9. Al-Shafi'i20
  10. Ahmad ibn Hanbal7
  11. Pope Paschal I9–14
  12. Pope Eugene II4–9
  13. Pope Stephen IV14–19
  14. Pope Valentine4–9
  15. Malik ibn Anas73–78
  16. Irene of Athens32–38
  17. Rabia Basri67–77
  18. Alcuin44–49
  19. Abd al-Rahman I55–56
  20. Al-Ma'mun1
  21. Nikephoros I34–39
  22. Bai Juyi15
  23. Al-Jahiz12
  24. Ecgberht, King of Wessex15–16
  25. Han Yu18–19
  26. Ali al-Rida17
  27. Michael I Rangabe14–19
  28. Leo V the Armenian11–12
  29. Paul the Deacon64–69
  30. Constantine VI16
  31. Michael II16–17
  32. Staurakios12
  33. Musa al-Kazim42
  34. Krum31–32
  35. Einhard10–15
  36. Kūkai13
  37. Theophanes the Confessor27–28
  38. Pepin of Italy9–10
  39. Al-Aminborn
  40. Emperor Kanmu49–50
  41. Hisham I of Córdoba30
  42. Alfonso II of Asturias28

Where the people alive in AD 787 were born

The 42 best known of those alive in AD 787. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (38 of 42 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list