Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 797?

45 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 797. 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. Charlemagne49–57
  2. Al-Khwarizmi14–19
  3. Abu Nuwas34–43
  4. Jabir ibn Hayyan75–76
  5. Harun al-Rashid31
  6. Adi Shankara6–11
  7. Pope Leo III46–47
  8. Louis the Pious19
  9. Al-Shafi'i30
  10. Ahmad ibn Hanbal17
  11. Pope Adrian II4–5
  12. Pope Leo IV4–9
  13. Pope Paschal I19–24
  14. Pope Eugene II14–19
  15. Pope Stephen IV24–29
  16. Pope Sergius II4–9
  17. Pope Valentine14–19
  18. Lothair I1–2
  19. Irene of Athens42–48
  20. Rabia Basri77–87
  21. Alcuin54–59
  22. Al-Ma'mun11
  23. Nikephoros I44–49
  24. Bai Juyi25
  25. Al-Jahiz22
  26. Ecgberht, King of Wessex25–26
  27. Han Yu28–29
  28. Ali al-Rida27
  29. Michael I Rangabe24–29
  30. Leo V the Armenian21–22
  31. Paul the Deacon74–79
  32. Michael II26–27
  33. Staurakios22
  34. Abd ar-Rahman II4–5
  35. Musa al-Kazim52
  36. Krum41–42
  37. Einhard20–25
  38. Kūkai23
  39. Al-Mu'tasim0–1
  40. Theophanes the Confessor37–38
  41. Rabanus Maurus7–21
  42. Pepin of Italy19–20
  43. Al-Amin10
  44. Emperor Kanmu59–60
  45. Alfonso II of Asturias38

Where the people alive in AD 797 were born

The 45 best known of those alive in AD 797. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (41 of 45 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list