Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 788?

42 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 788. 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 788: Abd al-Rahman I.

  1. Charlemagne40–48
  2. Al-Khwarizmi5–10
  3. Abu Nuwas25–34
  4. Jabir ibn Hayyan66–67
  5. Harun al-Rashid22
  6. Pope Leo III37–38
  7. Louis the Pious10
  8. Pope Adrian I87–88
  9. Al-Shafi'i21
  10. Ahmad ibn Hanbal8
  11. Pope Paschal I10–15
  12. Pope Eugene II5–10
  13. Pope Stephen IV15–20
  14. Pope Valentine5–10
  15. Malik ibn Anas74–79
  16. Irene of Athens33–39
  17. Rabia Basri68–78
  18. Alcuin45–50
  19. Abd al-Rahman I56 or 57 †
  20. Al-Ma'mun2
  21. Nikephoros I35–40
  22. Bai Juyi16
  23. Al-Jahiz13
  24. Ecgberht, King of Wessex16–17
  25. Han Yu19–20
  26. Ali al-Rida18
  27. Michael I Rangabe15–20
  28. Leo V the Armenian12–13
  29. Paul the Deacon65–70
  30. Constantine VI17
  31. Michael II17–18
  32. Staurakios13
  33. Musa al-Kazim43
  34. Krum32–33
  35. Einhard11–16
  36. Kūkai14
  37. Theophanes the Confessor28–29
  38. Pepin of Italy10–11
  39. Al-Amin1
  40. Emperor Kanmu50–51
  41. Hisham I of Córdoba31
  42. Alfonso II of Asturias29

Where the people alive in AD 788 were born

The 42 best known of those alive in AD 788. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (38 of 42 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list