Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 809?

43 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 809. 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 809: Harun al-Rashid.

  1. Charlemagne61–69
  2. Al-Khwarizmi26–31
  3. Abu Nuwas46–55
  4. Jabir ibn Hayyan87–88
  5. Harun al-Rashid43 †
  6. Adi Shankara18–23
  7. Pope Leo III58–59
  8. Louis the Pious31
  9. Al-Kindi5–10
  10. Pope Gregory IV11–16
  11. Al-Shafi'i42
  12. Ahmad ibn Hanbal29
  13. Pope Adrian II16–17
  14. Pope Leo IV16–21
  15. Pope Paschal I31–36
  16. Pope Eugene II26–31
  17. Pope Stephen IV36–41
  18. Pope Sergius II16–21
  19. Pope Valentine26–31
  20. Lothair I13–14
  21. Louis the German0–5
  22. Al-Ma'mun23
  23. Nikephoros I56–61
  24. Bai Juyi37
  25. Al-Jahiz34
  26. Ecgberht, King of Wessex37–38
  27. Han Yu40–41
  28. Ali al-Rida39
  29. Michael I Rangabe36–41
  30. Leo V the Armenian33–34
  31. Michael II38–39
  32. Staurakios34
  33. Abd ar-Rahman II16–17
  34. Krum53–54
  35. Einhard32–37
  36. Kūkai35
  37. Al-Mu'tasim12–13
  38. Theophanes the Confessor49–50
  39. Rabanus Maurus19–33
  40. Babak Khorramdin11
  41. Pepin of Italy31–32
  42. Al-Amin22
  43. Alfonso II of Asturias50

Where the people alive in AD 809 were born

The 43 best known of those alive in AD 809. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (38 of 43 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list