Who was alive in AD 456?
36 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 456. 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.
Pope Leo I56–68
Theodoric the Great2
Pope Gelasius I45–46- Pope Hormisdas5–6
- Pope Simplicius33–38
Saint Patrick68–73
Odoacer20–25
Pope Felix III13–18
Pope Hilarius38–43
Julius Nepos25–26
Zeno30–31
Gaiseric66–67
Justin I6
Marcian63–64
Majorian26–36
Anastasius I Dicorus26
Leo I52–57
Proclus44
Avitus61
Childeric I17–23
Anthemius35–36
Glycerius26
Sidonius Apollinaris24–28
Libius Severus35–36
Genevieve32–33
Syagrius24–28
Euric35–36Theodoric II30
- Priscus43–48
Simeon Stylites64–69
Aelia Eudocia47–56
Ricimer51
Movses Khorenatsi43–48
Isidore of Miletus13–14- Brigid of Kildare3–5
Zu Chongzhi26–27
Where the people alive in AD 456 were born
Birthplaces as a list
- Pope Leo I: Tuscany
- Theodoric the Great: Carnuntum
- Pope Gelasius I: Africa
- Pope Hormisdas: Frosinone
- Pope Simplicius: Tivoli
- Saint Patrick: Roman Britain
- Pope Felix III: Rome
- Pope Hilarius: Sardinia
- Julius Nepos: Dalmatia
- Zeno: Zenopolis in Isauria
- Gaiseric: Lake Balaton
- Marcian: Thrace
- Anastasius I Dicorus: Durrës
- Leo I: Thrace
- Proclus: Constantinople
- Avitus: Clermont-Ferrand
- Anthemius: Constantinople
- Glycerius: Dalmatia
- Sidonius Apollinaris: Lugdunum
- Libius Severus: Lucania
- Genevieve: Nanterre
- Syagrius: Lyon
- Priscus: Panion
- Simeon Stylites: Kozan
- Aelia Eudocia: Athens
- Movses Khorenatsi: Harman
- Isidore of Miletus: Miletus
- Brigid of Kildare: Faughart
- Zu Chongzhi: Jiankang