Who Was Alive

Abu Lahab

Merchant

Born AD 549 · died AD 623–624
Also known as Abū Lahab

Who was alive at the same time as Abu Lahab?

  1. Aryabhata, AD 476 – AD 550
  2. Justinian I, AD 482 – AD 565
  3. Pope Pelagius I, c. AD 505 – AD 561
  4. Pope Pelagius II, c. AD 520 – AD 590
  5. Pope Benedict I, c. AD 526 – AD 579
  6. Pope Gregory I, c. AD 541 – AD 604
  7. Abu Lahab, AD 549 – c. AD 625
  8. Isidore of Seville, c. AD 560 – AD 636
  9. Muhammad, AD 571 – AD 632
  10. Abu Bakr, c. AD 573 – AD 634
  11. Heraclius, c. AD 575 – AD 641
  12. Uthman, c. AD 575 – AD 656
  13. Pope Honorius I, c. AD 585 – AD 638
  14. Umar, c. AD 586 – AD 644
  15. Khalid ibn al-Walid, AD 586 – AD 642
  16. Brahmagupta, c. AD 598 – c. AD 670
  17. Pope John IV, c. AD 600 – AD 642
  18. Pope Martin I, AD 598 – AD 655
  19. Ali, AD 599 – AD 661
  20. Xuanzang, AD 602 – AD 664
  21. Mu'awiya I, AD 603 – AD 680
  22. Fatima, c. AD 610 – AD 632
  23. Pope Leo II, AD 611 – AD 683
  24. Aisha, AD 614 – c. AD 678

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When Abu Lahab was born, Justinian I was 66 or 67, Maurice was 9 or 10, Khosrow I was 47 or 48, Gregory of Tours was 10 or 11 and Columba was 27 or 28.

When Abu Lahab died, Muhammad was 52 or 53, Ali was 24 or 25, Pope Martin I was 25 or 26, Xuanzang was 21 or 22 and Emperor Taizong of Tang was 25 or 26.

Born during Abu Lahab’s lifetime: Muhammad, Umar, Ali, Abu Bakr, Brahmagupta, Uthman, Aisha and Fatima.

Not quite contemporaries: Husayn ibn Ali was born about a year after Abu Lahab died, Benedict of Nursia died about 2 years before Abu Lahab was born, Pope Benedict II was born about 10 years after Abu Lahab died and Hasan ibn Ali was born months after Abu Lahab died.

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The 117 best-known contemporaries

117 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Abu Lahab. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 587.

  1. Muhammad AD 571 – AD 632
  2. Umar c. AD 586 – AD 644
  3. Ali AD 599 – AD 661
  4. Abu Bakr c. AD 573 – AD 634
  5. Brahmagupta c. AD 598 – c. AD 670
  6. Justinian I AD 482 – AD 565
  7. Pope Gregory I c. AD 541 – AD 604
  8. Uthman c. AD 575 – AD 656
  9. Aisha AD 614 – c. AD 678
  10. Aryabhata AD 476 – AD 550
  11. Fatima c. AD 610 – AD 632
  12. Mu'awiya I AD 603 – AD 680
  13. Heraclius c. AD 575 – AD 641
  14. Isidore of Seville c. AD 560 – AD 636
  15. Pope Honorius I c. AD 585 – AD 638
  16. Pope Pelagius II c. AD 520 – AD 590
  17. Pope Pelagius I c. AD 505 – AD 561
  18. Pope Benedict I c. AD 526 – AD 579
  19. Pope Martin I AD 598 – AD 655
  20. Pope Leo II AD 611 – AD 683
  21. Khalid ibn al-Walid AD 586 – AD 642
  22. Pope John IV c. AD 600 – AD 642
  23. Xuanzang AD 602 – AD 664
  24. Pope Adeodatus I AD 570 – AD 618
  25. Pope Agatho AD 574 – AD 681
  26. Pope Vitalian c. AD 600 – AD 672
  27. Pope Boniface IV c. AD 550 – AD 615
  28. Belisarius c. AD 505 – AD 565
  29. Pope Sabinian c. AD 530 – AD 606
  30. Pope Boniface III c. AD 540 – AD 607
  31. Amina bint Wahb c. 550s – c. AD 578
  32. Maurice AD 539 – AD 602
  33. Chlothar I AD 498 – AD 561
  34. Khosrow I AD 501 – AD 579
  35. Bilal ibn Rabah AD 581 – c. AD 642
  36. Khosrow II AD 570 – AD 628
  37. Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib c. AD 545 – AD 570
  38. Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib c. AD 568 – AD 653
  39. Justin II c. AD 520 – AD 578
  40. Phocas AD 547 – AD 610
  41. Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib c. AD 541 – AD 619
  42. Maximus the Confessor AD 579 – AD 662
  43. Hafsa bint Umar AD 604 – AD 665
  44. Ibn Abbas c. AD 619 – AD 688
  45. Cassiodorus c. AD 487 – AD 583
  46. Tiberius II Constantine c. AD 520 – AD 582
  47. Gregory of Tours AD 538 – AD 594
  48. Amr ibn al-As AD 570 – AD 664
  49. Emperor Taizong of Tang AD 598 – AD 649
  50. Heraclius Constantine AD 612 – AD 641
  51. Marwan I AD 623 – AD 685
  52. Columba AD 521 – AD 597
  53. Salman the Persian AD 568 – AD 657
  54. Chlothar II AD 584 – AD 629
  55. Zubayr ibn al-Awwam AD 594 – AD 656
  56. Childebert I c. AD 497 – AD 558
  57. Emperor Gaozu of Tang AD 566 – AD 635
  58. Abu Sufyan c. AD 570 – c. AD 646
  59. Harsha AD 590 – AD 647
  60. Abu Hurayra AD 602 – AD 679
  61. Dagobert I c. AD 611 – AD 639
  62. Abd al-Muttalib c. AD 497 – AD 579
  63. Heraclonas AD 618 – AD 641
  64. Totila c. AD 510 – AD 552
  65. Charibert I c. AD 520 – c. AD 568
  66. Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah AD 583 – AD 639
  67. Zaynab bint Jahsh AD 592 – AD 642
  68. Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas AD 595 – c. AD 675
  69. Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib AD 568 – AD 625
  70. Bhartṛhari AD 570 – c. AD 651
  71. Umm Salama AD 596 – AD 681
  72. Brendan the Navigator c. AD 486 – AD 577
  73. John Malalas c. AD 491 – c. AD 578
  74. Guntram c. AD 532 – c. AD 593
  75. Childebert II AD 570 – AD 596
  76. Sawdah bint Zam'ah AD 589 – AD 674
  77. Zaynab bint Khuzayma AD 595 – AD 625
  78. Talha ibn Ubayd Allah AD 595 – AD 656
  79. Penda of Mercia c. AD 606 – AD 655
  80. Abd Allah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab c. AD 610 – AD 693
  81. Æthelberht of Kent AD 552 – AD 612
  82. John Climacus c. AD 579 – c. AD 649
  83. Umm Habiba c. AD 594 – AD 665
  84. Abd Allah ibn Mas'ud AD 594 – AD 653
  85. Narses AD 478 – c. AD 572
  86. Columbanus c. AD 543 – AD 615
  87. Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf c. AD 577 – c. AD 654
  88. Theophylact Simocatta AD 580 – AD 630
  89. Maymunah bint al-Harith c. AD 592 – AD 672
  90. Boran AD 590 – AD 632
  91. Safiyya bint Huyayy c. AD 610 – AD 670
  92. Juwayriya bint al-Harith AD 608 – AD 676
  93. Sigebert I AD 535 – AD 575
  94. Emperor Wen of Sui AD 541 – AD 604
  95. Empress Suiko AD 554 – AD 628
  96. Prince Shōtoku AD 574 – AD 622
  97. Ruqayya bint Muhammad c. AD 600 – AD 624
  98. Gelimer c. AD 480 – AD 553
  99. Radegund AD 518 – AD 587
  100. Theudebert II AD 585 – AD 612
  101. Theuderic II AD 587 – AD 613
  102. Empress Kōgyoku AD 594 – AD 661
  103. Gildas AD 500 – AD 570
  104. Venantius Fortunatus c. AD 534 – AD 609
  105. Theodelinda c. AD 570 – c. AD 628
  106. Zayd ibn Haritha al-Kalbi AD 581 – AD 629
  107. Pepin of Landen c. AD 585 – AD 640
  108. Rayhana bint Zayd c. 590s – AD 631
  109. Sigebert II AD 602 – AD 613
  110. Anas ibn Malik AD 611 – AD 713
  111. Saint David AD 512 – AD 589
  112. Alboin c. AD 529 – AD 572
  113. Reccared I c. AD 560 – AD 601
  114. Ammar ibn Yasir AD 570 – AD 657
  115. Zainab bint Muhammad c. AD 599 – c. AD 629
  116. Kubrat c. AD 595 – AD 665
  117. Ardashir III AD 621 – AD 630