Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 217?

42 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 217. 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.

Died in AD 217: Caracalla.

  1. Nagarjuna65–70
  2. Plotinus12
  3. Tertullian55–60
  4. Caracalla29 †
  5. Aurelian3
  6. Elagabalus14
  7. Origen32–34
  8. Pope Sixtus II0–5
  9. Pope Dionysius14–20
  10. Diophantus14–20
  11. Severus Alexander9
  12. Pope Cornelius35–40
  13. Pope Fabian5–20
  14. Macrinus52–54
  15. Decius16
  16. Philip the Arab10–16
  17. Valerian17–19
  18. Maximinus Thrax44–45
  19. Saint Valentine42–43
  20. Claudius Gothicus3
  21. Cao Cao62–63
  22. Gordian I58–59
  23. Ardashir I37
  24. Cyprian14–20
  25. Aemilianus10
  26. Balbinus39–40
  27. Tacitus17–18
  28. Trebonianus Gallus11
  29. Quintillus5
  30. Gordian II18–28
  31. Hippolytus of Rome45–50
  32. Cecilia of Rome14–20
  33. Diadumenian9
  34. Zhuge Liang36
  35. Ulpian47–48
  36. Guan Yu57–58
  37. Cao Pi30
  38. Liu Bei56–57
  39. Sun Quan35
  40. Herodian45–50
  41. Dionysius of Alexandria27
  42. Sextus Julius Africanus55–60

Where the people alive in AD 217 were born

The 42 best known of those alive in AD 217. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (35 of 42 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list