Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 286?

28 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 286. 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.

  1. Constantine the Great12–16
  2. Diocletian37–46
  3. Saint George11
  4. Arius27–36
  5. Eusebius18–23
  6. Anthony the Great35
  7. Constantius Chlorus36
  8. Pope Marcellus I31
  9. Helena, mother of Constantine I34–38
  10. Saint Lucy1–6
  11. Licinius21–26
  12. Porphyry of Tyre50–55
  13. Saint Sebastian29–34
  14. Maximian36–46
  15. Galerius28
  16. Saint Barbara13
  17. Maxentius8
  18. Iamblichus38–43
  19. Lactantius43–49
  20. Maximinus Daza16
  21. Gregory the Illuminator47
  22. Pope Alexander I of Alexandria36
  23. Paul of Thebes57–62
  24. Saint Pantaleon3–9
  25. Januarius14
  26. Liu Hui58–63
  27. Arnobius31
  28. Saint Marinus11

Where the people alive in AD 286 were born

The 28 best known of those alive in AD 286. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (27 of 28 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list