Who was alive in AD 817?
36 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 817. 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 817: Pope Stephen IV.
Al-Khwarizmi34–39
Adi Shankara26–31
Louis the Pious39- Al-Kindi13–18
Muhammad al-Bukhari7
Pope Gregory IV19–24
Al-Shafi'i50- Ahmad ibn Hanbal37
- Pope Adrian II24–25
Pope Leo IV24–29- Pope Paschal I39–44
- Pope Eugene II34–39
Pope Benedict III4–9
Pope Stephen IV†
Pope Sergius II24–29
Pope Valentine34–39
Lothair I21–22
John Scotus Eriugena7–17
Louis the German8–13
Al-Ma'mun31
Bai Juyi45- Al-Jahiz42
Ecgberht, King of Wessex45–46
Han Yu48–49
Ali al-Rida47
Michael I Rangabe44–49- Leo V the Armenian41–42
- Michael II46–47
Abd ar-Rahman II24–25
Einhard40–45
Kūkai43
Al-Mu'tasim20–21- Theophanes the Confessor57–58
Rabanus Maurus27–41
Babak Khorramdin19
Alfonso II of Asturias58
Where the people alive in AD 817 were born
Birthplaces as a list
- Adi Shankara: Kalady
- Louis the Pious: Chasseneuil-du-Poitou
- Al-Kindi: Basra
- Muhammad al-Bukhari: Bukhara
- Pope Gregory IV: Rome
- Al-Shafi'i: Gaza City
- Ahmad ibn Hanbal: Baghdad
- Pope Adrian II: Rome
- Pope Leo IV: Rome
- Pope Paschal I: Rome
- Pope Eugene II: Rome
- Pope Benedict III: Rome
- Pope Stephen IV: Rome
- Pope Sergius II: Rome
- Pope Valentine: Rome
- Lothair I: Altdorf
- John Scotus Eriugena: Ireland
- Al-Ma'mun: Baghdad
- Bai Juyi: Xinzheng
- Al-Jahiz: Basra
- Ecgberht, King of Wessex: Kingdom of Wessex
- Han Yu: Meng Prefecture
- Ali al-Rida: Medina
- Michael I Rangabe: Constantinople
- Leo V the Armenian: Ostikanate of Arminiya
- Michael II: Amorium
- Abd ar-Rahman II: Toledo
- Kūkai: Zentsū-ji Temple
- Al-Mu'tasim: Khuld Palace
- Theophanes the Confessor: Constantinople
- Rabanus Maurus: Mainz
- Babak Khorramdin: Ardabil
- Alfonso II of Asturias: Oviedo