Who Was Alive

Were Du Fu and Jabir ibn Hayyan alive at the same time?

Yes. Du Fu and Jabir ibn Hayyan were alive at the same time for 48 or 49 years, from AD 721 to AD 770.

Du Fu was 8 or 9 when Jabir ibn Hayyan was born.

Jabir ibn Hayyan was 48 or 49 when Du Fu died, aged 57 or 58.

Du Fu

Tang dynasty Chinese poet

Born AD 712 · died AD 770, aged 57 or 58

Jabir ibn Hayyan

8th-century Islamic alchemist and author

Born AD 721 · died AD 815, aged 93 or 94

  1. Li Bai
  2. Du Fu
  3. Jabir ibn Hayyan
  4. Charlemagne
  5. Abu Nuwas
  6. Harun al-Rashid
  7. Muḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
Du Fu and Jabir ibn Hayyan in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries. Drag across to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.