Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 253?

40 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 253. 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 253: Pope Cornelius, Aemilianus, Trebonianus Gallus and Volusianus.

  1. Plotinus48
  2. Diocletian4–13
  3. Aurelian39
  4. Origen68–70
  5. Pope Sixtus II36–41
  6. Pope Dionysius50–56
  7. Diophantus50–56
  8. Pope Cornelius†
  9. Anthony the Great2
  10. Constantius Chlorus3
  11. Valerian53–55
  12. Mani35–39
  13. Helena, mother of Constantine I1–5
  14. Saint Valentine78–79
  15. Claudius Gothicus39
  16. Gallienus33–37
  17. Porphyry of Tyre17–22
  18. Cyprian50–56
  19. Saint Lawrence28
  20. Maximian3–13
  21. Aemilianus45 or 46 †
  22. Probus21
  23. Tacitus53–54
  24. Trebonianus Gallus46 or 47 †
  25. Quintillus41
  26. Agatha of Sicily18
  27. Zenobia10–16
  28. Carus29–33
  29. Florianus21
  30. Iamblichus5–10
  31. Carinus3
  32. Lactantius10–16
  33. Volusianus22 or 23 †
  34. Gregory the Illuminator14
  35. Saloninus11
  36. Novatian33
  37. Pope Alexander I of Alexandria3
  38. Paul of Thebes24–29
  39. Dionysius of Alexandria63
  40. Liu Hui25–30

Where the people alive in AD 253 were born

The 40 best known of those alive in AD 253. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (35 of 40 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list