Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 231?

42 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 231. 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. Nagarjuna79–84
  2. Plotinus26
  3. Tertullian69–74
  4. Aurelian17
  5. Origen46–48
  6. Pope Sixtus II14–19
  7. Pope Dionysius28–34
  8. Diophantus28–34
  9. Severus Alexander23
  10. Pope Cornelius49–54
  11. Pope Fabian19–34
  12. Decius30
  13. Philip the Arab24–30
  14. Valerian31–33
  15. Mani13–17
  16. Maximinus Thrax58–59
  17. Saint Valentine56–57
  18. Claudius Gothicus17
  19. Gordian I72–73
  20. Gordian III6
  21. Gallienus11–15
  22. Ardashir I51
  23. Cyprian28–34
  24. Saint Lawrence6
  25. Aemilianus24
  26. Balbinus53–54
  27. Tacitus31–32
  28. Trebonianus Gallus25
  29. Quintillus19
  30. Gordian II32–42
  31. Hippolytus of Rome59–64
  32. Carus7–11
  33. Zhuge Liang50
  34. Volusianus1
  35. Herennius Etruscus2–7
  36. Sun Quan49
  37. Novatian11
  38. Herodian59–64
  39. Paul of Thebes2–7
  40. Dionysius of Alexandria41
  41. Liu Hui3–8
  42. Sextus Julius Africanus69–74

Where the people alive in AD 231 were born

The 42 best known of those alive in AD 231. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (36 of 42 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list