Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 244?

41 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 244. 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 244: Gordian III.

  1. Nagarjuna92–97
  2. Plotinus39
  3. Aurelian30
  4. Origen59–61
  5. Pope Sixtus II27–32
  6. Pope Dionysius41–47
  7. Diophantus41–47
  8. Pope Cornelius62–67
  9. Pope Fabian32–47
  10. Decius43
  11. Philip the Arab37–43
  12. Valerian44–46
  13. Mani26–30
  14. Saint Valentine69–70
  15. Claudius Gothicus30
  16. Gordian III19 †
  17. Gallienus24–28
  18. Porphyry of Tyre8–13
  19. Cyprian41–47
  20. Saint Lawrence19
  21. Aemilianus37
  22. Probus12
  23. Tacitus44–45
  24. Trebonianus Gallus38
  25. Quintillus32
  26. Agatha of Sicily9
  27. Zenobia1–7
  28. Carus20–24
  29. Florianus12
  30. Hostilian9–16
  31. Lactantius1–7
  32. Volusianus14
  33. Herennius Etruscus15–20
  34. Gregory the Illuminator5
  35. Saloninus2
  36. Sun Quan62
  37. Novatian24
  38. Herodian72–77
  39. Paul of Thebes15–20
  40. Dionysius of Alexandria54
  41. Liu Hui16–21

Where the people alive in AD 244 were born

The 41 best known of those alive in AD 244. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (37 of 41 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list