Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 252?

41 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 252. 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 252: Sun Quan.

  1. Plotinus47
  2. Diocletian3–12
  3. Aurelian38
  4. Origen67–69
  5. Pope Sixtus II35–40
  6. Pope Dionysius49–55
  7. Diophantus49–55
  8. Pope Cornelius70–75
  9. Anthony the Great1
  10. Constantius Chlorus2
  11. Valerian52–54
  12. Mani34–38
  13. Helena, mother of Constantine I0–4
  14. Saint Valentine77–78
  15. Claudius Gothicus38
  16. Gallienus32–36
  17. Porphyry of Tyre16–21
  18. Cyprian49–55
  19. Saint Lawrence27
  20. Maximian2–12
  21. Aemilianus45
  22. Probus20
  23. Tacitus52–53
  24. Trebonianus Gallus46
  25. Quintillus40
  26. Agatha of Sicily17
  27. Zenobia9–15
  28. Carus28–32
  29. Florianus20
  30. Iamblichus4–9
  31. Carinus2
  32. Lactantius9–15
  33. Volusianus22
  34. Gregory the Illuminator13
  35. Saloninus10
  36. Sun Quan69 or 70 †
  37. Novatian32
  38. Pope Alexander I of Alexandria2
  39. Paul of Thebes23–28
  40. Dionysius of Alexandria62
  41. Liu Hui24–29

Where the people alive in AD 252 were born

The 41 best known of those alive in AD 252. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (36 of 41 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list