Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 250?

43 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 250. 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 250: Constantius Chlorus, Carinus and Pope Alexander I of Alexandria.

Died in AD 250: Pope Fabian.

  1. Plotinus45
  2. Diocletian1–10
  3. Aurelian36
  4. Origen65–67
  5. Pope Sixtus II33–38
  6. Pope Dionysius47–53
  7. Diophantus47–53
  8. Pope Cornelius68–73
  9. Pope Fabian†
  10. Decius49
  11. Constantius Chlorusborn
  12. Valerian50–52
  13. Mani32–36
  14. Saint Valentine75–76
  15. Claudius Gothicus36
  16. Gallienus30–34
  17. Porphyry of Tyre14–19
  18. Cyprian47–53
  19. Saint Lawrence25
  20. Maximian0–10
  21. Aemilianus43
  22. Probus18
  23. Tacitus50–51
  24. Trebonianus Gallus44
  25. Quintillus38
  26. Agatha of Sicily15
  27. Zenobia7–13
  28. Carus26–30
  29. Florianus18
  30. Iamblichus2–7
  31. Carinusborn
  32. Hostilian15–22
  33. Lactantius7–13
  34. Volusianus20
  35. Herennius Etruscus21–26
  36. Gregory the Illuminator11
  37. Saloninus8
  38. Sun Quan68
  39. Novatian30
  40. Pope Alexander I of Alexandriaborn
  41. Paul of Thebes21–26
  42. Dionysius of Alexandria60
  43. Liu Hui22–27

Where the people alive in AD 250 were born

The 43 best known of those alive in AD 250. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (38 of 43 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list