Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 254?

37 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 254. 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 254: Numerian.

Died in AD 254: Origen.

  1. Plotinus49
  2. Diocletian5–14
  3. Aurelian40
  4. Origen†
  5. Pope Sixtus II37–42
  6. Pope Dionysius51–57
  7. Diophantus51–57
  8. Anthony the Great3
  9. Constantius Chlorus4
  10. Valerian54–56
  11. Mani36–40
  12. Helena, mother of Constantine I2–6
  13. Saint Valentine79–80
  14. Claudius Gothicus40
  15. Gallienus34–38
  16. Porphyry of Tyre18–23
  17. Cyprian51–57
  18. Saint Lawrence29
  19. Maximian4–14
  20. Probus22
  21. Tacitus54–55
  22. Quintillus42
  23. Agatha of Sicily19
  24. Zenobia11–17
  25. Carus30–34
  26. Florianus22
  27. Iamblichus6–11
  28. Carinus4
  29. Lactantius11–17
  30. Numerianborn
  31. Gregory the Illuminator15
  32. Saloninus12
  33. Novatian34
  34. Pope Alexander I of Alexandria4
  35. Paul of Thebes25–30
  36. Dionysius of Alexandria64
  37. Liu Hui26–31

Where the people alive in AD 254 were born

The 37 best known of those alive in AD 254. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (33 of 37 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list