Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 531?

38 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 531. 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 531: Kavad I.

  1. Justinian I49
  2. Aryabhata54–55
  3. Benedict of Nursia51
  4. Pope Pelagius II8–13
  5. Pope John II60–61
  6. Pope Pelagius I23–28
  7. Pope Benedict I3–8
  8. Pope Silverius53–54
  9. Pope Agapetus I31–41
  10. Belisarius23–28
  11. Chlothar I32–33
  12. Khosrow I29–30
  13. Theodora28–34
  14. Justin II8–13
  15. Cassiodorus41–46
  16. Tiberius II Constantine8–13
  17. Columba10
  18. Childebert I31–36
  19. Amalasuintha32–33
  20. Abd al-Muttalib31–36
  21. Totila18–23
  22. Charibert I8–14
  23. Dionysius Exiguus53–58
  24. Theuderic I43–48
  25. Brendan the Navigator42–47
  26. John Malalas37–42
  27. Athalaric15
  28. Kavad I57 or 58 †
  29. Narses52–53
  30. Theudebert I28–33
  31. Anthemius of Tralles54–59
  32. Clotilde56–57
  33. Gelimer48–54
  34. Radegund13
  35. Isidore of Miletus88–89
  36. Imru' al-Qais27–32
  37. Gildas30–31
  38. Saint David18–19

Where the people alive in AD 531 were born

The 38 best known of those alive in AD 531. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (33 of 38 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list