Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 220?

42 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 220. 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.

Born in AD 220: Novatian.

Died in AD 220: Cao Cao and Guan Yu.

  1. Nagarjuna68–73
  2. Plotinus15
  3. Tertullian58–63
  4. Aurelian6
  5. Elagabalus17
  6. Origen35–37
  7. Pope Sixtus II3–8
  8. Pope Dionysius17–23
  9. Diophantus17–23
  10. Severus Alexander12
  11. Pope Cornelius38–43
  12. Pope Fabian8–23
  13. Decius19
  14. Philip the Arab13–19
  15. Valerian20–22
  16. Mani2–6
  17. Maximinus Thrax47–48
  18. Saint Valentine45–46
  19. Claudius Gothicus6
  20. Cao Cao†
  21. Gordian I61–62
  22. Gallienus0–4
  23. Ardashir I40
  24. Cyprian17–23
  25. Aemilianus13
  26. Balbinus42–43
  27. Tacitus20–21
  28. Trebonianus Gallus14
  29. Quintillus8
  30. Gordian II21–31
  31. Hippolytus of Rome48–53
  32. Cecilia of Rome17–23
  33. Zhuge Liang39
  34. Ulpian50–51
  35. Guan Yu59 or 60 †
  36. Cao Pi33
  37. Liu Bei59–60
  38. Sun Quan38
  39. Novatianborn
  40. Herodian48–53
  41. Dionysius of Alexandria30
  42. Sextus Julius Africanus58–63

Where the people alive in AD 220 were born

The 42 best known of those alive in AD 220. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (35 of 42 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list