Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 242?

39 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 242. 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 242: Saloninus.

  1. Nagarjuna90–95
  2. Plotinus37
  3. Aurelian28
  4. Origen57–59
  5. Pope Sixtus II25–30
  6. Pope Dionysius39–45
  7. Diophantus39–45
  8. Pope Cornelius60–65
  9. Pope Fabian30–45
  10. Decius41
  11. Philip the Arab35–41
  12. Valerian42–44
  13. Mani24–28
  14. Saint Valentine67–68
  15. Claudius Gothicus28
  16. Gordian III17
  17. Gallienus22–26
  18. Porphyry of Tyre6–11
  19. Cyprian39–45
  20. Saint Lawrence17
  21. Aemilianus35
  22. Probus10
  23. Tacitus42–43
  24. Trebonianus Gallus36
  25. Quintillus30
  26. Agatha of Sicily7
  27. Carus18–22
  28. Florianus10
  29. Hostilian7–14
  30. Volusianus12
  31. Herennius Etruscus13–18
  32. Gregory the Illuminator3
  33. Saloninusborn
  34. Sun Quan60
  35. Novatian22
  36. Herodian70–75
  37. Paul of Thebes13–18
  38. Dionysius of Alexandria52
  39. Liu Hui14–19

Where the people alive in AD 242 were born

The 39 best known of those alive in AD 242. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (36 of 39 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list