Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 799?

46 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 799. 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 799: Musa al-Kazim.

  1. Charlemagne51–59
  2. Al-Khwarizmi16–21
  3. Abu Nuwas36–45
  4. Jabir ibn Hayyan77–78
  5. Harun al-Rashid33
  6. Adi Shankara8–13
  7. Pope Leo III48–49
  8. Louis the Pious21
  9. Pope Gregory IV1–6
  10. Al-Shafi'i32
  11. Ahmad ibn Hanbal19
  12. Pope Adrian II6–7
  13. Pope Leo IV6–11
  14. Pope Paschal I21–26
  15. Pope Eugene II16–21
  16. Pope Stephen IV26–31
  17. Pope Sergius II6–11
  18. Pope Valentine16–21
  19. Lothair I3–4
  20. Irene of Athens44–50
  21. Rabia Basri79–89
  22. Alcuin56–61
  23. Al-Ma'mun13
  24. Nikephoros I46–51
  25. Bai Juyi27
  26. Al-Jahiz24
  27. Ecgberht, King of Wessex27–28
  28. Han Yu30–31
  29. Ali al-Rida29
  30. Michael I Rangabe26–31
  31. Leo V the Armenian23–24
  32. Michael II28–29
  33. Staurakios24
  34. Abd ar-Rahman II6–7
  35. Musa al-Kazim53 or 54 †
  36. Krum43–44
  37. Einhard22–27
  38. Kūkai25
  39. Al-Mu'tasim2–3
  40. Theophanes the Confessor39–40
  41. Rabanus Maurus9–23
  42. Babak Khorramdin1
  43. Pepin of Italy21–22
  44. Al-Amin12
  45. Emperor Kanmu61–62
  46. Alfonso II of Asturias40

Where the people alive in AD 799 were born

The 46 best known of those alive in AD 799. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (42 of 46 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list