Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 249?

40 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 249. 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 249: Philip the Arab.

  1. Plotinus44
  2. Diocletian0–9
  3. Aurelian35
  4. Origen64–66
  5. Pope Sixtus II32–37
  6. Pope Dionysius46–52
  7. Diophantus46–52
  8. Pope Cornelius67–72
  9. Pope Fabian37–52
  10. Decius48
  11. Philip the Arab†
  12. Valerian49–51
  13. Mani31–35
  14. Saint Valentine74–75
  15. Claudius Gothicus35
  16. Gallienus29–33
  17. Porphyry of Tyre13–18
  18. Cyprian46–52
  19. Saint Lawrence24
  20. Aemilianus42
  21. Probus17
  22. Tacitus49–50
  23. Trebonianus Gallus43
  24. Quintillus37
  25. Agatha of Sicily14
  26. Zenobia6–12
  27. Carus25–29
  28. Florianus17
  29. Iamblichus1–6
  30. Hostilian14–21
  31. Lactantius6–12
  32. Volusianus19
  33. Herennius Etruscus20–25
  34. Gregory the Illuminator10
  35. Saloninus7
  36. Sun Quan67
  37. Novatian29
  38. Paul of Thebes20–25
  39. Dionysius of Alexandria59
  40. Liu Hui21–26

Where the people alive in AD 249 were born

The 40 best known of those alive in AD 249. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (36 of 40 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list