Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 796?

46 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 796. 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 796: Hisham I of Córdoba.

  1. Charlemagne48–56
  2. Al-Khwarizmi13–18
  3. Abu Nuwas33–42
  4. Jabir ibn Hayyan74–75
  5. Harun al-Rashid30
  6. Adi Shankara5–10
  7. Pope Leo III45–46
  8. Louis the Pious18
  9. Al-Shafi'i29
  10. Ahmad ibn Hanbal16
  11. Pope Adrian II3–4
  12. Pope Leo IV3–8
  13. Pope Paschal I18–23
  14. Pope Eugene II13–18
  15. Pope Stephen IV23–28
  16. Pope Sergius II3–8
  17. Pope Valentine13–18
  18. Lothair I0–1
  19. Irene of Athens41–47
  20. Rabia Basri76–86
  21. Alcuin53–58
  22. Al-Ma'mun10
  23. Nikephoros I43–48
  24. Bai Juyi24
  25. Al-Jahiz21
  26. Ecgberht, King of Wessex24–25
  27. Han Yu27–28
  28. Ali al-Rida26
  29. Michael I Rangabe23–28
  30. Leo V the Armenian20–21
  31. Paul the Deacon73–78
  32. Constantine VI25
  33. Michael II25–26
  34. Staurakios21
  35. Abd ar-Rahman II3–4
  36. Musa al-Kazim51
  37. Krum40–41
  38. Einhard19–24
  39. Kūkai22
  40. Theophanes the Confessor36–37
  41. Rabanus Maurus6–20
  42. Pepin of Italy18–19
  43. Al-Amin9
  44. Emperor Kanmu58–59
  45. Hisham I of Córdoba38 or 39 †
  46. Alfonso II of Asturias37

Where the people alive in AD 796 were born

The 46 best known of those alive in AD 796. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (42 of 46 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list