Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 801?

45 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 801. 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 801: Rabia Basri.

  1. Charlemagne53–61
  2. Al-Khwarizmi18–23
  3. Abu Nuwas38–47
  4. Jabir ibn Hayyan79–80
  5. Harun al-Rashid35
  6. Adi Shankara10–15
  7. Pope Leo III50–51
  8. Louis the Pious23
  9. Pope Gregory IV3–8
  10. Al-Shafi'i34
  11. Ahmad ibn Hanbal21
  12. Pope Adrian II8–9
  13. Pope Leo IV8–13
  14. Pope Paschal I23–28
  15. Pope Eugene II18–23
  16. Pope Stephen IV28–33
  17. Pope Sergius II8–13
  18. Pope Valentine18–23
  19. Lothair I5–6
  20. Irene of Athens46–52
  21. Rabia Basri†
  22. Alcuin58–63
  23. Al-Ma'mun15
  24. Nikephoros I48–53
  25. Bai Juyi29
  26. Al-Jahiz26
  27. Ecgberht, King of Wessex29–30
  28. Han Yu32–33
  29. Ali al-Rida31
  30. Michael I Rangabe28–33
  31. Leo V the Armenian25–26
  32. Michael II30–31
  33. Staurakios26
  34. Abd ar-Rahman II8–9
  35. Krum45–46
  36. Einhard24–29
  37. Kūkai27
  38. Al-Mu'tasim4–5
  39. Theophanes the Confessor41–42
  40. Rabanus Maurus11–25
  41. Babak Khorramdin3
  42. Pepin of Italy23–24
  43. Al-Amin14
  44. Emperor Kanmu63–64
  45. Alfonso II of Asturias42

Where the people alive in AD 801 were born

The 45 best known of those alive in AD 801. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (41 of 45 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list