Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 851?

24 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 851. 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.

  1. Alfred the Great1–2
  2. Al-Kindi47–52
  3. Charles the Bald28
  4. Muhammad al-Bukhari41
  5. Pope John VIII28–33
  6. Ahmad ibn Hanbal71
  7. Pope Adrian II58–59
  8. Pope Leo IV58–63
  9. Pope Formosus32–37
  10. Pope Benedict III38–43
  11. Pope Marinus I20–21
  12. Pope Nicholas I28–33
  13. Pope John IX8–13
  14. Pope Theodore II10–11
  15. Charles the Fat11–19
  16. Rurik20–21
  17. Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj29–30
  18. Al-Tabari12–13
  19. Lothair I55–56
  20. John Scotus Eriugena41–51
  21. Louis the German42–47
  22. Al-Jahiz76
  23. Abd ar-Rahman II58–59
  24. Rabanus Maurus61–75

Where the people alive in AD 851 were born

The 24 best known of those alive in AD 851. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (22 of 24 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list