Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 838?

30 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 838. 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 838: Babak Khorramdin.

  1. Al-Khwarizmi55–60
  2. Louis the Pious60
  3. Al-Kindi34–39
  4. Charles the Bald15
  5. Muhammad al-Bukhari28
  6. Pope Gregory IV40–45
  7. Pope John VIII15–20
  8. Ahmad ibn Hanbal58
  9. Pope Adrian II45–46
  10. Pope Leo IV45–50
  11. Pope Formosus19–24
  12. Pope Benedict III25–30
  13. Pope Marinus I7–8
  14. Pope Nicholas I15–20
  15. Pope Sergius II45–50
  16. Rurik7–8
  17. Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj16–17
  18. Lothair I42–43
  19. John Scotus Eriugena28–38
  20. Louis the German29–34
  21. Bai Juyi66
  22. Al-Jahiz63
  23. Ecgberht, King of Wessex66–67
  24. Michael I Rangabe65–70
  25. Abd ar-Rahman II45–46
  26. Einhard61–66
  27. Al-Mu'tasim41–42
  28. Rabanus Maurus48–62
  29. Babak Khorramdin39 †
  30. Alfonso II of Asturias79

Where the people alive in AD 838 were born

The 30 best known of those alive in AD 838. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (26 of 30 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list