Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 223?

39 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 223. 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 223: Liu Bei.

  1. Nagarjuna71–76
  2. Plotinus18
  3. Tertullian61–66
  4. Aurelian9
  5. Origen38–40
  6. Pope Sixtus II6–11
  7. Pope Dionysius20–26
  8. Diophantus20–26
  9. Severus Alexander15
  10. Pope Cornelius41–46
  11. Pope Fabian11–26
  12. Decius22
  13. Philip the Arab16–22
  14. Valerian23–25
  15. Mani5–9
  16. Maximinus Thrax50–51
  17. Saint Valentine48–49
  18. Claudius Gothicus9
  19. Gordian I64–65
  20. Gallienus3–7
  21. Ardashir I43
  22. Cyprian20–26
  23. Aemilianus16
  24. Balbinus45–46
  25. Tacitus23–24
  26. Trebonianus Gallus17
  27. Quintillus11
  28. Gordian II24–34
  29. Hippolytus of Rome51–56
  30. Cecilia of Rome20–26
  31. Zhuge Liang42
  32. Ulpian53–54
  33. Cao Pi36
  34. Liu Bei61 or 62 †
  35. Sun Quan41
  36. Novatian3
  37. Herodian51–56
  38. Dionysius of Alexandria33
  39. Sextus Julius Africanus61–66

Where the people alive in AD 223 were born

The 39 best known of those alive in AD 223. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (33 of 39 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list