Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 816?

36 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 816. 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. Al-Khwarizmi33–38
  2. Adi Shankara25–30
  3. Louis the Pious38
  4. Al-Kindi12–17
  5. Muhammad al-Bukhari6
  6. Pope Gregory IV18–23
  7. Al-Shafi'i49
  8. Ahmad ibn Hanbal36
  9. Pope Adrian II23–24
  10. Pope Leo IV23–28
  11. Pope Paschal I38–43
  12. Pope Eugene II33–38
  13. Pope Benedict III3–8
  14. Pope Stephen IV43–48
  15. Pope Sergius II23–28
  16. Pope Valentine33–38
  17. Lothair I20–21
  18. John Scotus Eriugena6–16
  19. Louis the German7–12
  20. Al-Ma'mun30
  21. Bai Juyi44
  22. Al-Jahiz41
  23. Ecgberht, King of Wessex44–45
  24. Han Yu47–48
  25. Ali al-Rida46
  26. Michael I Rangabe43–48
  27. Leo V the Armenian40–41
  28. Michael II45–46
  29. Abd ar-Rahman II23–24
  30. Einhard39–44
  31. Kūkai42
  32. Al-Mu'tasim19–20
  33. Theophanes the Confessor56–57
  34. Rabanus Maurus26–40
  35. Babak Khorramdin18
  36. Alfonso II of Asturias57

Where the people alive in AD 816 were born

The 36 best known of those alive in AD 816. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (33 of 36 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list