Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 790?

42 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 790. 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. Charlemagne42–50
  2. Al-Khwarizmi7–12
  3. Abu Nuwas27–36
  4. Jabir ibn Hayyan68–69
  5. Harun al-Rashid24
  6. Pope Leo III39–40
  7. Louis the Pious12
  8. Pope Adrian I89–90
  9. Al-Shafi'i23
  10. Ahmad ibn Hanbal10
  11. Pope Paschal I12–17
  12. Pope Eugene II7–12
  13. Pope Stephen IV17–22
  14. Pope Valentine7–12
  15. Malik ibn Anas76–81
  16. Irene of Athens35–41
  17. Rabia Basri70–80
  18. Alcuin47–52
  19. Al-Ma'mun4
  20. Nikephoros I37–42
  21. Bai Juyi18
  22. Al-Jahiz15
  23. Ecgberht, King of Wessex18–19
  24. Han Yu21–22
  25. Ali al-Rida20
  26. Michael I Rangabe17–22
  27. Leo V the Armenian14–15
  28. Paul the Deacon67–72
  29. Constantine VI19
  30. Michael II19–20
  31. Staurakios15
  32. Musa al-Kazim45
  33. Krum34–35
  34. Einhard13–18
  35. Kūkai16
  36. Theophanes the Confessor30–31
  37. Rabanus Maurus0–14
  38. Pepin of Italy12–13
  39. Al-Amin3
  40. Emperor Kanmu52–53
  41. Hisham I of Córdoba33
  42. Alfonso II of Asturias31

Where the people alive in AD 790 were born

The 42 best known of those alive in AD 790. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (38 of 42 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list