Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 221?

40 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 221. 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. Nagarjuna69–74
  2. Plotinus16
  3. Tertullian59–64
  4. Aurelian7
  5. Elagabalus18
  6. Origen36–38
  7. Pope Sixtus II4–9
  8. Pope Dionysius18–24
  9. Diophantus18–24
  10. Severus Alexander13
  11. Pope Cornelius39–44
  12. Pope Fabian9–24
  13. Decius20
  14. Philip the Arab14–20
  15. Valerian21–23
  16. Mani3–7
  17. Maximinus Thrax48–49
  18. Saint Valentine46–47
  19. Claudius Gothicus7
  20. Gordian I62–63
  21. Gallienus1–5
  22. Ardashir I41
  23. Cyprian18–24
  24. Aemilianus14
  25. Balbinus43–44
  26. Tacitus21–22
  27. Trebonianus Gallus15
  28. Quintillus9
  29. Gordian II22–32
  30. Hippolytus of Rome49–54
  31. Cecilia of Rome18–24
  32. Zhuge Liang40
  33. Ulpian51–52
  34. Cao Pi34
  35. Liu Bei60–61
  36. Sun Quan39
  37. Novatian1
  38. Herodian49–54
  39. Dionysius of Alexandria31
  40. Sextus Julius Africanus59–64

Where the people alive in AD 221 were born

The 40 best known of those alive in AD 221. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (34 of 40 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list