Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 855?

24 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 855. 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 855: Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Pope Leo IV and Lothair I.

  1. Alfred the Great5–6
  2. Al-Kindi51–56
  3. Charles the Bald32
  4. Muhammad al-Bukhari45
  5. Pope John VIII32–37
  6. Ahmad ibn Hanbal74 †
  7. Pope Adrian II62–63
  8. Pope Leo IV†
  9. Pope Formosus36–41
  10. Pope Benedict III42–47
  11. Pope Marinus I24–25
  12. Pope Nicholas I32–37
  13. Pope John IX12–17
  14. Pope Theodore II14–15
  15. Charles the Fat15–23
  16. Rurik24–25
  17. Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj33–34
  18. Al-Tabari16–17
  19. Lothair I59 or 60 †
  20. John Scotus Eriugena45–55
  21. Louis the German46–51
  22. Arnulf of Carinthia2–7
  23. Al-Jahiz80
  24. Rabanus Maurus65–79

Where the people alive in AD 855 were born

The 24 best known of those alive in AD 855. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (21 of 24 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list