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Meng Haoran
poet from the Tang Dynasty

Zayd ibn Ali
Alid political and religious leader (c.695–740)
Germanus I of Constantinople
Patriarch of Constantinople
Æthelheard
King of Wessex
Zhang Jiuling
Chinese poet
Hilderic of Spoleto
Italian noble

Abdallah al-Battal
Military general
Pharaildis
Saint Pharaildis or Pharailde () is an 8th-century Belgian virgin and patron saint of Ghent. Her dates are imprecise, but she lived to a great age and died on January 5 at ninety.
Qingyuan Xingsi
Tang Dynasty buddhist monk
Maysara al-Matghari
Moroccan Berber leader ( He died in Tangier city - 742)
Dadhburzmihr
Dadhburzmihr (also spelled Dadmihr or Dazmihr) was the independent ruler (ispahbadh) of Tabaristan. He succeeded his father Farrukhan the Great in 728 and reigned until his death in 740/1. According to the 13-century Iranian historian Ibn Isfandiyar, Dadhburzmihr enjoyed a peaceful reign, facing no invasions from the Arab Caliphate, due to their attention being directed towards local revolts. His 6-year-old son, Khurshid succeeded him.
Saint Baudolino
Italian saint
Æthelwold
Bishop of Lindisfarne; Saint
Rhein
King of Dyfed