Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 238?

42 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 238. 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 238: Maximinus Thrax, Gordian I, Balbinus and Gordian II.

  1. Nagarjuna86–91
  2. Plotinus33
  3. Aurelian24
  4. Origen53–55
  5. Pope Sixtus II21–26
  6. Pope Dionysius35–41
  7. Diophantus35–41
  8. Pope Cornelius56–61
  9. Pope Fabian26–41
  10. Decius37
  11. Philip the Arab31–37
  12. Valerian38–40
  13. Mani20–24
  14. Maximinus Thrax64 or 65 †
  15. Saint Valentine63–64
  16. Claudius Gothicus24
  17. Gordian I78 or 79 †
  18. Gordian III13
  19. Gallienus18–22
  20. Porphyry of Tyre2–7
  21. Ardashir I58
  22. Cyprian35–41
  23. Saint Lawrence13
  24. Aemilianus31
  25. Probus6
  26. Balbinus59 or 60 †
  27. Tacitus38–39
  28. Trebonianus Gallus32
  29. Quintillus26
  30. Agatha of Sicily3
  31. Gordian II†
  32. Carus14–18
  33. Florianus6
  34. Hostilian3–10
  35. Volusianus8
  36. Herennius Etruscus9–14
  37. Sun Quan56
  38. Novatian18
  39. Herodian66–71
  40. Paul of Thebes9–14
  41. Dionysius of Alexandria48
  42. Liu Hui10–15

Where the people alive in AD 238 were born

The 42 best known of those alive in AD 238. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (37 of 42 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list