Who was alive in AD 524?
42 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 524. 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.
Justinian I42
Aryabhata47–48
Boethius†
Benedict of Nursia44
Theodoric the Great70- Pope John I51–56
Pope Pelagius II1–6- Pope John II53–54
Pope Pelagius I16–21
Pope Silverius46–47- Pope Agapetus I24–34
Belisarius16–21
Chlothar I25–26
Khosrow I22–23
Justin I74
Theodora21–27
Justin II1–6
Cassiodorus34–39
Tiberius II Constantine1–6
Columba3- Chlodomer†
- Childebert I24–29
- Amalasuintha25–26
Abd al-Muttalib24–29- Totila11–16
Charibert I1–7
Dionysius Exiguus46–51
Theuderic I36–41
Brendan the Navigator35–40- John Malalas30–35
Athalaric8
Kavad I51
Narses45–46
Theudebert I21–26- Anthemius of Tralles47–52
Clotilde49–50
Gelimer41–47
Radegund6
Isidore of Miletus81–82
Imru' al-Qais20–25
Gildas23–24
Saint David11–12
Where the people alive in AD 524 were born
Birthplaces as a list
- Justinian I: Tauresium
- Aryabhata: Pataliputra
- Boethius: Rome
- Benedict of Nursia: Norcia
- Theodoric the Great: Carnuntum
- Pope John I: Siena
- Pope Pelagius II: Rome
- Pope John II: Rome
- Pope Pelagius I: Rome
- Pope Silverius: Frosinone
- Pope Agapetus I: Rome
- Belisarius: Sapareva Banya
- Chlothar I: Soissons
- Khosrow I: Ardestan
- Theodora: Paphlagonia
- Justin II: Constantinople
- Cassiodorus: Scylletium
- Tiberius II Constantine: Thrace
- Columba: County Donegal
- Childebert I: Reims
- Amalasuintha: Ravenna
- Abd al-Muttalib: Medina
- Totila: Treviso
- Brendan the Navigator: Fenit
- John Malalas: Antioch
- Kavad I: Ctesiphon
- Narses: Constantinople
- Anthemius of Tralles: Tralleis
- Clotilde: Lyon
- Gelimer: Africa
- Radegund: Erfurt
- Isidore of Miletus: Miletus
- Imru' al-Qais: Najd
- Gildas: Cheshire
- Saint David: Pembrokeshire