Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 821?

32 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 821. 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 821: Leo V the Armenian.

  1. Al-Khwarizmi38–43
  2. Louis the Pious43
  3. Al-Kindi17–22
  4. Muhammad al-Bukhari11
  5. Pope Gregory IV23–28
  6. Ahmad ibn Hanbal41
  7. Pope Adrian II28–29
  8. Pope Leo IV28–33
  9. Pope Formosus2–7
  10. Pope Paschal I43–48
  11. Pope Eugene II38–43
  12. Pope Benedict III8–13
  13. Pope Sergius II28–33
  14. Pope Valentine38–43
  15. Lothair I25–26
  16. John Scotus Eriugena11–21
  17. Louis the German12–17
  18. Al-Ma'mun35
  19. Bai Juyi49
  20. Al-Jahiz46
  21. Ecgberht, King of Wessex49–50
  22. Han Yu52–53
  23. Michael I Rangabe48–53
  24. Leo V the Armenian44 or 45 †
  25. Michael II50–51
  26. Abd ar-Rahman II28–29
  27. Einhard44–49
  28. Kūkai47
  29. Al-Mu'tasim24–25
  30. Rabanus Maurus31–45
  31. Babak Khorramdin23
  32. Alfonso II of Asturias62

Where the people alive in AD 821 were born

The 32 best known of those alive in AD 821. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (29 of 32 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list