Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 798?

46 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 798. 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.

Born in AD 798: Babak Khorramdin.

  1. Charlemagne50–58
  2. Al-Khwarizmi15–20
  3. Abu Nuwas35–44
  4. Jabir ibn Hayyan76–77
  5. Harun al-Rashid32
  6. Adi Shankara7–12
  7. Pope Leo III47–48
  8. Louis the Pious20
  9. Pope Gregory IV0–5
  10. Al-Shafi'i31
  11. Ahmad ibn Hanbal18
  12. Pope Adrian II5–6
  13. Pope Leo IV5–10
  14. Pope Paschal I20–25
  15. Pope Eugene II15–20
  16. Pope Stephen IV25–30
  17. Pope Sergius II5–10
  18. Pope Valentine15–20
  19. Lothair I2–3
  20. Irene of Athens43–49
  21. Rabia Basri78–88
  22. Alcuin55–60
  23. Al-Ma'mun12
  24. Nikephoros I45–50
  25. Bai Juyi26
  26. Al-Jahiz23
  27. Ecgberht, King of Wessex26–27
  28. Han Yu29–30
  29. Ali al-Rida28
  30. Michael I Rangabe25–30
  31. Leo V the Armenian22–23
  32. Michael II27–28
  33. Staurakios23
  34. Abd ar-Rahman II5–6
  35. Musa al-Kazim53
  36. Krum42–43
  37. Einhard21–26
  38. Kūkai24
  39. Al-Mu'tasim1–2
  40. Theophanes the Confessor38–39
  41. Rabanus Maurus8–22
  42. Babak Khorramdinborn
  43. Pepin of Italy20–21
  44. Al-Amin11
  45. Emperor Kanmu60–61
  46. Alfonso II of Asturias39

Where the people alive in AD 798 were born

The 46 best known of those alive in AD 798. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (42 of 46 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list