Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 808?

42 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 808. 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. Charlemagne60–68
  2. Al-Khwarizmi25–30
  3. Abu Nuwas45–54
  4. Jabir ibn Hayyan86–87
  5. Harun al-Rashid42
  6. Adi Shankara17–22
  7. Pope Leo III57–58
  8. Louis the Pious30
  9. Al-Kindi4–9
  10. Pope Gregory IV10–15
  11. Al-Shafi'i41
  12. Ahmad ibn Hanbal28
  13. Pope Adrian II15–16
  14. Pope Leo IV15–20
  15. Pope Paschal I30–35
  16. Pope Eugene II25–30
  17. Pope Stephen IV35–40
  18. Pope Sergius II15–20
  19. Pope Valentine25–30
  20. Lothair I12–13
  21. Al-Ma'mun22
  22. Nikephoros I55–60
  23. Bai Juyi36
  24. Al-Jahiz33
  25. Ecgberht, King of Wessex36–37
  26. Han Yu39–40
  27. Ali al-Rida38
  28. Michael I Rangabe35–40
  29. Leo V the Armenian32–33
  30. Michael II37–38
  31. Staurakios33
  32. Abd ar-Rahman II15–16
  33. Krum52–53
  34. Einhard31–36
  35. Kūkai34
  36. Al-Mu'tasim11–12
  37. Theophanes the Confessor48–49
  38. Rabanus Maurus18–32
  39. Babak Khorramdin10
  40. Pepin of Italy30–31
  41. Al-Amin21
  42. Alfonso II of Asturias49

Where the people alive in AD 808 were born

The 42 best known of those alive in AD 808. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (38 of 42 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list