Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 229?

41 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 229. 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. Nagarjuna77–82
  2. Plotinus24
  3. Tertullian67–72
  4. Aurelian15
  5. Origen44–46
  6. Pope Sixtus II12–17
  7. Pope Dionysius26–32
  8. Diophantus26–32
  9. Severus Alexander21
  10. Pope Cornelius47–52
  11. Pope Fabian17–32
  12. Decius28
  13. Philip the Arab22–28
  14. Valerian29–31
  15. Mani11–15
  16. Maximinus Thrax56–57
  17. Saint Valentine54–55
  18. Claudius Gothicus15
  19. Gordian I70–71
  20. Gordian III4
  21. Gallienus9–13
  22. Ardashir I49
  23. Cyprian26–32
  24. Saint Lawrence4
  25. Aemilianus22
  26. Balbinus51–52
  27. Tacitus29–30
  28. Trebonianus Gallus23
  29. Quintillus17
  30. Gordian II30–40
  31. Hippolytus of Rome57–62
  32. Carus5–9
  33. Zhuge Liang48
  34. Herennius Etruscus0–5
  35. Sun Quan47
  36. Novatian9
  37. Herodian57–62
  38. Paul of Thebes0–5
  39. Dionysius of Alexandria39
  40. Liu Hui1–6
  41. Sextus Julius Africanus67–72

Where the people alive in AD 229 were born

The 41 best known of those alive in AD 229. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (36 of 41 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list