Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 237?

44 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 237. 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. Nagarjuna85–90
  2. Plotinus32
  3. Tertullian75–80
  4. Aurelian23
  5. Origen52–54
  6. Pope Sixtus II20–25
  7. Pope Dionysius34–40
  8. Diophantus34–40
  9. Pope Cornelius55–60
  10. Pope Fabian25–40
  11. Decius36
  12. Philip the Arab30–36
  13. Valerian37–39
  14. Mani19–23
  15. Maximinus Thrax64–65
  16. Saint Valentine62–63
  17. Claudius Gothicus23
  18. Gordian I78–79
  19. Gordian III12
  20. Gallienus17–21
  21. Porphyry of Tyre1–6
  22. Ardashir I57
  23. Cyprian34–40
  24. Saint Lawrence12
  25. Aemilianus30
  26. Probus5
  27. Balbinus59–60
  28. Tacitus37–38
  29. Trebonianus Gallus31
  30. Quintillus25
  31. Agatha of Sicily2
  32. Gordian II38–48
  33. Carus13–17
  34. Florianus5
  35. Hostilian2–9
  36. Volusianus7
  37. Herennius Etruscus8–13
  38. Sun Quan55
  39. Novatian17
  40. Herodian65–70
  41. Paul of Thebes8–13
  42. Dionysius of Alexandria47
  43. Liu Hui9–14
  44. Sextus Julius Africanus75–80

Where the people alive in AD 237 were born

The 44 best known of those alive in AD 237. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (38 of 44 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list