Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 240?

39 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 240. 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. Nagarjuna88–93
  2. Plotinus35
  3. Aurelian26
  4. Origen55–57
  5. Pope Sixtus II23–28
  6. Pope Dionysius37–43
  7. Diophantus37–43
  8. Pope Cornelius58–63
  9. Pope Fabian28–43
  10. Decius39
  11. Philip the Arab33–39
  12. Valerian40–42
  13. Mani22–26
  14. Saint Valentine65–66
  15. Claudius Gothicus26
  16. Gordian III15
  17. Gallienus20–24
  18. Porphyry of Tyre4–9
  19. Ardashir I60
  20. Cyprian37–43
  21. Saint Lawrence15
  22. Aemilianus33
  23. Probus8
  24. Tacitus40–41
  25. Trebonianus Gallus34
  26. Quintillus28
  27. Agatha of Sicily5
  28. Carus16–20
  29. Florianus8
  30. Hostilian5–12
  31. Volusianus10
  32. Herennius Etruscus11–16
  33. Gregory the Illuminator1
  34. Sun Quan58
  35. Novatian20
  36. Herodian68–73
  37. Paul of Thebes11–16
  38. Dionysius of Alexandria50
  39. Liu Hui12–17

Where the people alive in AD 240 were born

The 39 best known of those alive in AD 240. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (36 of 39 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list