Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 251?

43 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 251. 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 251: Anthony the Great.

Died in AD 251: Decius, Hostilian and Herennius Etruscus.

  1. Plotinus46
  2. Diocletian2–11
  3. Aurelian37
  4. Origen66–68
  5. Pope Sixtus II34–39
  6. Pope Dionysius48–54
  7. Diophantus48–54
  8. Pope Cornelius69–74
  9. Decius49 or 50 †
  10. Anthony the Greatborn
  11. Constantius Chlorus1
  12. Valerian51–53
  13. Mani33–37
  14. Saint Valentine76–77
  15. Claudius Gothicus37
  16. Gallienus31–35
  17. Porphyry of Tyre15–20
  18. Cyprian48–54
  19. Saint Lawrence26
  20. Maximian1–11
  21. Aemilianus44
  22. Probus19
  23. Tacitus51–52
  24. Trebonianus Gallus45
  25. Quintillus39
  26. Agatha of Sicily16
  27. Zenobia8–14
  28. Carus27–31
  29. Florianus19
  30. Iamblichus3–8
  31. Carinus1
  32. Hostilian†
  33. Lactantius8–14
  34. Volusianus21
  35. Herennius Etruscus†
  36. Gregory the Illuminator12
  37. Saloninus9
  38. Sun Quan69
  39. Novatian31
  40. Pope Alexander I of Alexandria1
  41. Paul of Thebes22–27
  42. Dionysius of Alexandria61
  43. Liu Hui23–28

Where the people alive in AD 251 were born

The 43 best known of those alive in AD 251. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (38 of 43 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list