Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 508?

39 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 508. 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. Justinian I26
  2. Aryabhata31–32
  3. Boethius25–30
  4. Benedict of Nursia28
  5. Clovis I40–44
  6. Theodoric the Great54
  7. Pope Hormisdas57–58
  8. Pope John I35–40
  9. Pope John II37–38
  10. Pope Pelagius I0–5
  11. Pope Symmachus45–50
  12. Pope Silverius30–31
  13. Pope Agapetus I8–18
  14. Belisarius0–5
  15. Chlothar I9–10
  16. Khosrow I6–7
  17. Justin I58
  18. Theodora5–11
  19. Anastasius I Dicorus78
  20. Cassiodorus18–23
  21. Chlodomer10–15
  22. Childebert I8–13
  23. Amalasuintha9–10
  24. Abd al-Muttalib8–13
  25. Zosimus45–50
  26. Dionysius Exiguus30–35
  27. Theuderic I20–25
  28. Brendan the Navigator19–24
  29. John Malalas14–19
  30. Kavad I35
  31. Narses29–30
  32. Theudebert I5–10
  33. Anthemius of Tralles31–36
  34. Clotilde33–34
  35. Gelimer25–31
  36. Isidore of Miletus65–66
  37. Imru' al-Qais4–9
  38. Gildas7–8
  39. Brigid of Kildare55–57

Where the people alive in AD 508 were born

The 39 best known of those alive in AD 508. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (32 of 39 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list