Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 805?

43 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 805. 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. Charlemagne57–65
  2. Al-Khwarizmi22–27
  3. Abu Nuwas42–51
  4. Jabir ibn Hayyan83–84
  5. Harun al-Rashid39
  6. Adi Shankara14–19
  7. Pope Leo III54–55
  8. Louis the Pious27
  9. Al-Kindi1–6
  10. Pope Gregory IV7–12
  11. Al-Shafi'i38
  12. Ahmad ibn Hanbal25
  13. Pope Adrian II12–13
  14. Pope Leo IV12–17
  15. Pope Paschal I27–32
  16. Pope Eugene II22–27
  17. Pope Stephen IV32–37
  18. Pope Sergius II12–17
  19. Pope Valentine22–27
  20. Lothair I9–10
  21. Al-Ma'mun19
  22. Nikephoros I52–57
  23. Bai Juyi33
  24. Al-Jahiz30
  25. Ecgberht, King of Wessex33–34
  26. Han Yu36–37
  27. Ali al-Rida35
  28. Michael I Rangabe32–37
  29. Leo V the Armenian29–30
  30. Michael II34–35
  31. Staurakios30
  32. Abd ar-Rahman II12–13
  33. Krum49–50
  34. Einhard28–33
  35. Kūkai31
  36. Al-Mu'tasim8–9
  37. Theophanes the Confessor45–46
  38. Rabanus Maurus15–29
  39. Babak Khorramdin7
  40. Pepin of Italy27–28
  41. Al-Amin18
  42. Emperor Kanmu67–68
  43. Alfonso II of Asturias46

Where the people alive in AD 805 were born

The 43 best known of those alive in AD 805. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (39 of 43 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list