Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 230?

42 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 230. 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 230: Volusianus.

  1. Nagarjuna78–83
  2. Plotinus25
  3. Tertullian68–73
  4. Aurelian16
  5. Origen45–47
  6. Pope Sixtus II13–18
  7. Pope Dionysius27–33
  8. Diophantus27–33
  9. Severus Alexander22
  10. Pope Cornelius48–53
  11. Pope Fabian18–33
  12. Decius29
  13. Philip the Arab23–29
  14. Valerian30–32
  15. Mani12–16
  16. Maximinus Thrax57–58
  17. Saint Valentine55–56
  18. Claudius Gothicus16
  19. Gordian I71–72
  20. Gordian III5
  21. Gallienus10–14
  22. Ardashir I50
  23. Cyprian27–33
  24. Saint Lawrence5
  25. Aemilianus23
  26. Balbinus52–53
  27. Tacitus30–31
  28. Trebonianus Gallus24
  29. Quintillus18
  30. Gordian II31–41
  31. Hippolytus of Rome58–63
  32. Carus6–10
  33. Zhuge Liang49
  34. Volusianusborn
  35. Herennius Etruscus1–6
  36. Sun Quan48
  37. Novatian10
  38. Herodian58–63
  39. Paul of Thebes1–6
  40. Dionysius of Alexandria40
  41. Liu Hui2–7
  42. Sextus Julius Africanus68–73

Where the people alive in AD 230 were born

The 42 best known of those alive in AD 230. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (36 of 42 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list