Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 516?

40 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 516. 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 516: Athalaric.

  1. Justinian I34
  2. Aryabhata39–40
  3. Boethius33–38
  4. Benedict of Nursia36
  5. Theodoric the Great62
  6. Pope Hormisdas65–66
  7. Pope John I43–48
  8. Pope John II45–46
  9. Pope Pelagius I8–13
  10. Pope Silverius38–39
  11. Pope Agapetus I16–26
  12. Belisarius8–13
  13. Chlothar I17–18
  14. Khosrow I14–15
  15. Justin I66
  16. Theodora13–19
  17. Anastasius I Dicorus86
  18. Cassiodorus26–31
  19. Chlodomer18–23
  20. Childebert I16–21
  21. Amalasuintha17–18
  22. Abd al-Muttalib16–21
  23. Totila3–8
  24. Zosimus53–58
  25. Dionysius Exiguus38–43
  26. Theuderic I28–33
  27. Brendan the Navigator27–32
  28. John Malalas22–27
  29. Athalaricborn
  30. Kavad I43
  31. Narses37–38
  32. Theudebert I13–18
  33. Anthemius of Tralles39–44
  34. Clotilde41–42
  35. Gelimer33–39
  36. Isidore of Miletus73–74
  37. Imru' al-Qais12–17
  38. Gildas15–16
  39. Brigid of Kildare63–65
  40. Saint David3–4

Where the people alive in AD 516 were born

The 40 best known of those alive in AD 516. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (33 of 40 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list