Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 842?

29 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 842. 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 842: Al-Mu'tasim and Alfonso II of Asturias.

  1. Al-Khwarizmi59–64
  2. Al-Kindi38–43
  3. Charles the Bald19
  4. Muhammad al-Bukhari32
  5. Pope Gregory IV44–49
  6. Pope John VIII19–24
  7. Ahmad ibn Hanbal62
  8. Pope Adrian II49–50
  9. Pope Leo IV49–54
  10. Pope Formosus23–28
  11. Pope Benedict III29–34
  12. Pope Marinus I11–12
  13. Pope Nicholas I19–24
  14. Pope Sergius II49–54
  15. Pope Theodore II1–2
  16. Charles the Fat2–10
  17. Rurik11–12
  18. Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj20–21
  19. Al-Tabari3–4
  20. Lothair I46–47
  21. John Scotus Eriugena32–42
  22. Louis the German33–38
  23. Bai Juyi70
  24. Al-Jahiz67
  25. Michael I Rangabe69–74
  26. Abd ar-Rahman II49–50
  27. Al-Mu'tasim45 or 46 †
  28. Rabanus Maurus52–66
  29. Alfonso II of Asturias82 or 83 †

Where the people alive in AD 842 were born

The 29 best known of those alive in AD 842. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (26 of 29 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list