Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 791?

43 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 791. 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. Charlemagne43–51
  2. Al-Khwarizmi8–13
  3. Abu Nuwas28–37
  4. Jabir ibn Hayyan69–70
  5. Harun al-Rashid25
  6. Adi Shankara0–5
  7. Pope Leo III40–41
  8. Louis the Pious13
  9. Pope Adrian I90–91
  10. Al-Shafi'i24
  11. Ahmad ibn Hanbal11
  12. Pope Paschal I13–18
  13. Pope Eugene II8–13
  14. Pope Stephen IV18–23
  15. Pope Valentine8–13
  16. Malik ibn Anas77–82
  17. Irene of Athens36–42
  18. Rabia Basri71–81
  19. Alcuin48–53
  20. Al-Ma'mun5
  21. Nikephoros I38–43
  22. Bai Juyi19
  23. Al-Jahiz16
  24. Ecgberht, King of Wessex19–20
  25. Han Yu22–23
  26. Ali al-Rida21
  27. Michael I Rangabe18–23
  28. Leo V the Armenian15–16
  29. Paul the Deacon68–73
  30. Constantine VI20
  31. Michael II20–21
  32. Staurakios16
  33. Musa al-Kazim46
  34. Krum35–36
  35. Einhard14–19
  36. Kūkai17
  37. Theophanes the Confessor31–32
  38. Rabanus Maurus1–15
  39. Pepin of Italy13–14
  40. Al-Amin4
  41. Emperor Kanmu53–54
  42. Hisham I of Córdoba34
  43. Alfonso II of Asturias32

Where the people alive in AD 791 were born

The 43 best known of those alive in AD 791. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (39 of 43 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list