Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 105?

26 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 105. 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. Plutarch55–66
  2. Tacitus48–53
  3. Ptolemy3–8
  4. Epictetus53–57
  5. Trajan52
  6. Hadrian29
  7. Pliny the Younger41–46
  8. Antoninus Pius19
  9. Pope Sixtus I61–66
  10. Ignatius of Antioch68–73
  11. Cai Lun43–58
  12. Justin Martyr2–8
  13. Zhang Heng27–28
  14. Appian8–13
  15. Arrian10–18
  16. Polycarp35–37
  17. Rabbi Akiva53–58
  18. Kanishka27–28
  19. Marcion of Sinope10–21
  20. Aśvaghoṣa25
  21. Ban Zhao60
  22. Dio Chrysostom63–68
  23. Florus29–37
  24. Marcus Cornelius Fronto5–6
  25. Nicomachus43–48
  26. Herodes Atticus3–5

Where the people alive in AD 105 were born

The 26 best known of those alive in AD 105. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (25 of 26 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list