Who Was Alive
Isaac the Syrian
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Isaac the Syrian

Mystic

Born c. AD 640 · died c. AD 700
Also known as Saint Isaac the Syrian, St. Isaac the Syrian, Saint Isaac of Nineveh

Who was alive at the same time as Isaac the Syrian?

  1. Uthman, c. AD 575 – AD 656
  2. Pope Agatho, AD 574 – AD 681
  3. Umar, c. AD 586 – AD 644
  4. Brahmagupta, c. AD 598 – c. AD 670
  5. Pope Vitalian, c. AD 600 – AD 672
  6. Pope Martin I, AD 598 – AD 655
  7. Ali, AD 599 – AD 661
  8. Xuanzang, AD 602 – AD 664
  9. Mu'awiya I, AD 603 – AD 680
  10. Pope Leo II, AD 611 – AD 683
  11. Aisha, AD 614 – c. AD 678
  12. Hasan ibn Ali, AD 625 – AD 669
  13. Husayn ibn Ali, AD 626 – AD 680
  14. Pope Benedict II, AD 635 – AD 685
  15. Pope John V, AD 635 – AD 686
  16. Isaac the Syrian, c. AD 640 – c. AD 700
  17. Pope John VII, AD 650 – AD 707
  18. Pope Sergius I, AD 650 – AD 701
  19. Pope John VI, AD 655 – AD 705
  20. Pope Gregory II, AD 669 – AD 731
  21. Bede, c. AD 672 – AD 735
  22. John of Damascus, c. AD 675 – AD 749
  23. Pope Zachary, AD 679 – AD 752
  24. Charles Martel, AD 688 – AD 741

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Born during Isaac the Syrian’s lifetime: Bede, Pope Gregory II, Charles Martel, John of Damascus, Pope John VII, Pope Sergius I, Pope John VI and Pope Zachary.

Not quite contemporaries: Muhammad died about 6 years before Isaac the Syrian was born, Du Fu was born about 9 years after Isaac the Syrian died, Abu Bakr died about 4 years before Isaac the Syrian was born and Fatima died about 6 years before Isaac the Syrian was born.

Where Isaac the Syrian’s contemporaries were born

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The 101 best-known contemporaries

101 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Isaac the Syrian. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 671.

  1. Umar c. AD 586 – AD 644
  2. Ali AD 599 – AD 661
  3. Brahmagupta c. AD 598 – c. AD 670
  4. Uthman c. AD 575 – AD 656
  5. Aisha AD 614 – c. AD 678
  6. Husayn ibn Ali AD 626 – AD 680
  7. Mu'awiya I AD 603 – AD 680
  8. Bede c. AD 672 – AD 735
  9. Pope Gregory II AD 669 – AD 731
  10. Charles Martel AD 688 – AD 741
  11. Pope Benedict II AD 635 – AD 685
  12. Hasan ibn Ali AD 625 – AD 669
  13. John of Damascus c. AD 675 – AD 749
  14. Pope Martin I AD 598 – AD 655
  15. Pope Leo II AD 611 – AD 683
  16. Xuanzang AD 602 – AD 664
  17. Pope John VII AD 650 – AD 707
  18. Pope Sergius I AD 650 – AD 701
  19. Pope Agatho AD 574 – AD 681
  20. Pope John VI AD 655 – AD 705
  21. Pope Zachary AD 679 – AD 752
  22. Pope Vitalian c. AD 600 – AD 672
  23. Pope John V AD 635 – AD 686
  24. Wu Zetian AD 624 – AD 705
  25. Pope Sisinnius c. AD 650 – AD 708
  26. Pope Conon AD 630 – AD 687
  27. Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan c. AD 646 – AD 705
  28. Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz AD 681 – c. AD 720
  29. Leo III the Isaurian AD 675 – AD 741
  30. Yazid I AD 646 – AD 683
  31. Justinian II AD 669 – AD 711
  32. Tariq ibn Ziyad AD 670 – AD 720
  33. Constans II AD 630 – AD 668
  34. Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib c. AD 568 – AD 653
  35. Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr AD 624 – AD 692
  36. Maximus the Confessor AD 579 – AD 662
  37. Hafsa bint Umar AD 604 – AD 665
  38. Ibn Abbas c. AD 619 – AD 688
  39. Constantine IV AD 652 – AD 685
  40. Amr ibn al-As AD 570 – AD 664
  41. Emperor Taizong of Tang AD 598 – AD 649
  42. Marwan I AD 623 – AD 685
  43. Ali al-Sajjad AD 659 – AD 713
  44. Salman the Persian AD 568 – AD 657
  45. Pelagius of Asturias c. AD 685 – AD 737
  46. Zubayr ibn al-Awwam AD 594 – AD 656
  47. Asparuh of Bulgaria c. AD 640 – c. AD 701
  48. Yazdegerd III AD 624 – AD 652
  49. Mu'awiya II AD 661 – AD 684
  50. Harsha AD 590 – AD 647
  51. Abu Hurayra AD 602 – AD 679
  52. Leontius AD 660 – AD 706
  53. Al-Walid I AD 668 – AD 715
  54. Saint Boniface c. AD 675 – AD 754
  55. Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik AD 675 – AD 717
  56. Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas AD 595 – c. AD 675
  57. Bhartṛhari AD 570 – c. AD 651
  58. Umm Salama AD 596 – AD 681
  59. Zaynab bint Ali c. AD 627 – c. AD 684
  60. Muhammad al-Baqir AD 677 – AD 733
  61. Roderic AD 688 – AD 711
  62. Marwan II AD 688 – AD 750
  63. Childebert III AD 678 – AD 711
  64. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang c. AD 684 – c. AD 765
  65. Sawdah bint Zam'ah AD 589 – AD 674
  66. Talha ibn Ubayd Allah AD 595 – AD 656
  67. Penda of Mercia c. AD 606 – AD 655
  68. Abd Allah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab c. AD 610 – AD 693
  69. Clovis II c. AD 636 – AD 657
  70. Chlothar III c. AD 650 – AD 673
  71. Theuderic III 650s – AD 691
  72. Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik AD 691 – AD 743
  73. John Climacus c. AD 579 – c. AD 649
  74. Umm Habiba c. AD 594 – AD 665
  75. Abd Allah ibn Mas'ud AD 594 – AD 653
  76. Childeric II AD 655 – AD 675
  77. Chilperic II c. AD 673 – AD 721
  78. Clovis IV c. AD 677 – AD 695
  79. Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf c. AD 577 – c. AD 654
  80. Maymunah bint al-Harith c. AD 592 – AD 672
  81. Safiyya bint Huyayy c. AD 610 – AD 670
  82. Juwayriya bint al-Harith AD 608 – AD 676
  83. Hasan al-Basri AD 642 – AD 728
  84. Pepin of Herstal c. AD 645 – AD 714
  85. Empress Jitō AD 645 – AD 703
  86. Emperor Tenji AD 626 – AD 672
  87. Dagobert II AD 652 – AD 679
  88. Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf AD 661 – AD 714
  89. Yazid II AD 687 – AD 724
  90. Empress Kōgyoku AD 594 – AD 661
  91. Sigebert III AD 630 – AD 656
  92. Empress Genmei AD 661 – AD 721
  93. Kahina AD 668 – AD 703
  94. Anas ibn Malik AD 611 – AD 713
  95. Muhammad ibn al-Qasim AD 695 – AD 715
  96. Ammar ibn Yasir AD 570 – AD 657
  97. Emperor Tenmu AD 631 – AD 686
  98. Liutprand, King of the Lombards c. 680s – AD 744
  99. Chlothar IV c. AD 685 – AD 719
  100. Shantideva c. AD 685 – c. AD 763
  101. Kubrat c. AD 595 – AD 665