Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 789?

41 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 789. 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. Charlemagne41–49
  2. Al-Khwarizmi6–11
  3. Abu Nuwas26–35
  4. Jabir ibn Hayyan67–68
  5. Harun al-Rashid23
  6. Pope Leo III38–39
  7. Louis the Pious11
  8. Pope Adrian I88–89
  9. Al-Shafi'i22
  10. Ahmad ibn Hanbal9
  11. Pope Paschal I11–16
  12. Pope Eugene II6–11
  13. Pope Stephen IV16–21
  14. Pope Valentine6–11
  15. Malik ibn Anas75–80
  16. Irene of Athens34–40
  17. Rabia Basri69–79
  18. Alcuin46–51
  19. Al-Ma'mun3
  20. Nikephoros I36–41
  21. Bai Juyi17
  22. Al-Jahiz14
  23. Ecgberht, King of Wessex17–18
  24. Han Yu20–21
  25. Ali al-Rida19
  26. Michael I Rangabe16–21
  27. Leo V the Armenian13–14
  28. Paul the Deacon66–71
  29. Constantine VI18
  30. Michael II18–19
  31. Staurakios14
  32. Musa al-Kazim44
  33. Krum33–34
  34. Einhard12–17
  35. Kūkai15
  36. Theophanes the Confessor29–30
  37. Pepin of Italy11–12
  38. Al-Amin2
  39. Emperor Kanmu51–52
  40. Hisham I of Córdoba32
  41. Alfonso II of Asturias30

Where the people alive in AD 789 were born

The 41 best known of those alive in AD 789. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (37 of 41 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list