Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 239?

39 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 239. 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 239: Gregory the Illuminator.

  1. Nagarjuna87–92
  2. Plotinus34
  3. Aurelian25
  4. Origen54–56
  5. Pope Sixtus II22–27
  6. Pope Dionysius36–42
  7. Diophantus36–42
  8. Pope Cornelius57–62
  9. Pope Fabian27–42
  10. Decius38
  11. Philip the Arab32–38
  12. Valerian39–41
  13. Mani21–25
  14. Saint Valentine64–65
  15. Claudius Gothicus25
  16. Gordian III14
  17. Gallienus19–23
  18. Porphyry of Tyre3–8
  19. Ardashir I59
  20. Cyprian36–42
  21. Saint Lawrence14
  22. Aemilianus32
  23. Probus7
  24. Tacitus39–40
  25. Trebonianus Gallus33
  26. Quintillus27
  27. Agatha of Sicily4
  28. Carus15–19
  29. Florianus7
  30. Hostilian4–11
  31. Volusianus9
  32. Herennius Etruscus10–15
  33. Gregory the Illuminatorborn
  34. Sun Quan57
  35. Novatian19
  36. Herodian67–72
  37. Paul of Thebes10–15
  38. Dionysius of Alexandria49
  39. Liu Hui11–16

Where the people alive in AD 239 were born

The 39 best known of those alive in AD 239. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (36 of 39 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list