Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 868?

25 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 868. 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 Great18–19
  2. Abu Bakr al-Razi1–2
  3. Al-Kindi64–69
  4. Charles the Bald45
  5. Muhammad al-Bukhari58
  6. Pope John VIII45–50
  7. Pope Adrian II75–76
  8. Pope Formosus49–54
  9. Pope Sergius III5–10
  10. Pope Marinus I37–38
  11. Pope John X5–10
  12. Pope John IX25–30
  13. Pope Theodore II27–28
  14. Charles the Fat28–36
  15. Rudaki8–9
  16. Rurik37–38
  17. Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj46–47
  18. Al-Tabari29–30
  19. Al-Hallaj8–12
  20. John Scotus Eriugena58–68
  21. Louis the German59–64
  22. Arnulf of Carinthia15–20
  23. Leo VI the Wise2
  24. Robert I of France8
  25. Al-Jahiz93

Where the people alive in AD 868 were born

The 25 best known of those alive in AD 868. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (22 of 25 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list