Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 812?

42 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 812. 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 812: Staurakios.

  1. Charlemagne64–72
  2. Al-Khwarizmi29–34
  3. Abu Nuwas49–58
  4. Jabir ibn Hayyan90–91
  5. Adi Shankara21–26
  6. Pope Leo III61–62
  7. Louis the Pious34
  8. Al-Kindi8–13
  9. Muhammad al-Bukhari2
  10. Pope Gregory IV14–19
  11. Al-Shafi'i45
  12. Ahmad ibn Hanbal32
  13. Pope Adrian II19–20
  14. Pope Leo IV19–24
  15. Pope Paschal I34–39
  16. Pope Eugene II29–34
  17. Pope Stephen IV39–44
  18. Pope Sergius II19–24
  19. Pope Valentine29–34
  20. Lothair I16–17
  21. John Scotus Eriugena2–12
  22. Louis the German3–8
  23. Al-Ma'mun26
  24. Bai Juyi40
  25. Al-Jahiz37
  26. Ecgberht, King of Wessex40–41
  27. Han Yu43–44
  28. Ali al-Rida42
  29. Michael I Rangabe39–44
  30. Leo V the Armenian36–37
  31. Michael II41–42
  32. Staurakios36 or 37 †
  33. Abd ar-Rahman II19–20
  34. Krum56–57
  35. Einhard35–40
  36. Kūkai38
  37. Al-Mu'tasim15–16
  38. Theophanes the Confessor52–53
  39. Rabanus Maurus22–36
  40. Babak Khorramdin14
  41. Al-Amin25
  42. Alfonso II of Asturias53

Where the people alive in AD 812 were born

The 42 best known of those alive in AD 812. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (38 of 42 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list