Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 397?

43 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 397. 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 397: Ambrose and Martin of Tours.

  1. Augustine of Hippo43
  2. Hypatia34–39
  3. Jerome49–54
  4. John Chrysostom42–53
  5. Ambrose†
  6. Martin of Tours†
  7. Pope Sixtus III4–9
  8. Pope Siricius62–63
  9. Pope Boniface I24–29
  10. Pope Anastasius I56–57
  11. Saint Patrick9–14
  12. Honorius13
  13. Arcadius20
  14. Cyril of Alexandria20–21
  15. Mesrop Mashtots33–37
  16. Nestorius7–17
  17. Gaiseric7–8
  18. Marcian4–5
  19. Claudian24–29
  20. Theodoric I3–4
  21. Avitus2
  22. Constantius III25–29
  23. Stilicho38
  24. Epiphanius of Salamis79–84
  25. Faxian57–60
  26. Orosius9–14
  27. Kumārajīva52–53
  28. Pelagius40–45
  29. Socrates of Constantinople14–20
  30. Galla Placidia10–11
  31. Tao Yuanming32
  32. Prudentius49
  33. Macrobius24–29
  34. John Cassian37
  35. Synesius26–27
  36. Chlodio1–6
  37. Mary of Egypt50–56
  38. Emperor Nintoku107
  39. Martianus Capella34–40
  40. Simeon Stylites5–10
  41. Evagrius Ponticus49–54
  42. Sigeric15–29
  43. Peter Chrysologus16–17

Where the people alive in AD 397 were born

The 43 best known of those alive in AD 397. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (38 of 43 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list