Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 247?

40 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 247. 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. Nagarjuna95–100
  2. Plotinus42
  3. Aurelian33
  4. Origen62–64
  5. Pope Sixtus II30–35
  6. Pope Dionysius44–50
  7. Diophantus44–50
  8. Pope Cornelius65–70
  9. Pope Fabian35–50
  10. Decius46
  11. Philip the Arab40–46
  12. Valerian47–49
  13. Mani29–33
  14. Saint Valentine72–73
  15. Claudius Gothicus33
  16. Gallienus27–31
  17. Porphyry of Tyre11–16
  18. Cyprian44–50
  19. Saint Lawrence22
  20. Aemilianus40
  21. Probus15
  22. Tacitus47–48
  23. Trebonianus Gallus41
  24. Quintillus35
  25. Agatha of Sicily12
  26. Zenobia4–10
  27. Carus23–27
  28. Florianus15
  29. Hostilian12–19
  30. Lactantius4–10
  31. Volusianus17
  32. Herennius Etruscus18–23
  33. Gregory the Illuminator8
  34. Saloninus5
  35. Sun Quan65
  36. Novatian27
  37. Herodian75–80
  38. Paul of Thebes18–23
  39. Dionysius of Alexandria57
  40. Liu Hui19–24

Where the people alive in AD 247 were born

The 40 best known of those alive in AD 247. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (36 of 40 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list