Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 820?

33 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 820. 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 820: Al-Shafi'i.

  1. Al-Khwarizmi37–42
  2. Louis the Pious42
  3. Al-Kindi16–21
  4. Muhammad al-Bukhari10
  5. Pope Gregory IV22–27
  6. Al-Shafi'i52 †
  7. Ahmad ibn Hanbal40
  8. Pope Adrian II27–28
  9. Pope Leo IV27–32
  10. Pope Formosus1–6
  11. Pope Paschal I42–47
  12. Pope Eugene II37–42
  13. Pope Benedict III7–12
  14. Pope Sergius II27–32
  15. Pope Valentine37–42
  16. Lothair I24–25
  17. John Scotus Eriugena10–20
  18. Louis the German11–16
  19. Al-Ma'mun34
  20. Bai Juyi48
  21. Al-Jahiz45
  22. Ecgberht, King of Wessex48–49
  23. Han Yu51–52
  24. Michael I Rangabe47–52
  25. Leo V the Armenian44–45
  26. Michael II49–50
  27. Abd ar-Rahman II27–28
  28. Einhard43–48
  29. Kūkai46
  30. Al-Mu'tasim23–24
  31. Rabanus Maurus30–44
  32. Babak Khorramdin22
  33. Alfonso II of Asturias61

Where the people alive in AD 820 were born

The 33 best known of those alive in AD 820. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (30 of 33 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list