Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 794?

47 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 794. 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. Charlemagne46–54
  2. Al-Khwarizmi11–16
  3. Abu Nuwas31–40
  4. Jabir ibn Hayyan72–73
  5. Harun al-Rashid28
  6. Adi Shankara3–8
  7. Pope Leo III43–44
  8. Louis the Pious16
  9. Pope Adrian I93–94
  10. Al-Shafi'i27
  11. Ahmad ibn Hanbal14
  12. Pope Adrian II1–2
  13. Pope Leo IV1–6
  14. Pope Paschal I16–21
  15. Pope Eugene II11–16
  16. Pope Stephen IV21–26
  17. Pope Sergius II1–6
  18. Pope Valentine11–16
  19. Malik ibn Anas80–85
  20. Irene of Athens39–45
  21. Rabia Basri74–84
  22. Alcuin51–56
  23. Al-Ma'mun8
  24. Nikephoros I41–46
  25. Bai Juyi22
  26. Al-Jahiz19
  27. Ecgberht, King of Wessex22–23
  28. Han Yu25–26
  29. Ali al-Rida24
  30. Michael I Rangabe21–26
  31. Leo V the Armenian18–19
  32. Paul the Deacon71–76
  33. Constantine VI23
  34. Michael II23–24
  35. Staurakios19
  36. Abd ar-Rahman II1–2
  37. Musa al-Kazim49
  38. Krum38–39
  39. Einhard17–22
  40. Kūkai20
  41. Theophanes the Confessor34–35
  42. Rabanus Maurus4–18
  43. Pepin of Italy16–17
  44. Al-Amin7
  45. Emperor Kanmu56–57
  46. Hisham I of Córdoba37
  47. Alfonso II of Asturias35

Where the people alive in AD 794 were born

The 47 best known of those alive in AD 794. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (43 of 47 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list