Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 579?

44 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 579. 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 579: Pope Benedict I.

  1. Muhammad8
  2. Abu Bakr4–8
  3. Pope Gregory I36–41
  4. Uthman3–5
  5. Heraclius2–7
  6. Isidore of Seville16–21
  7. Pope Pelagius II56–61
  8. Pope Benedict I†
  9. Pope Adeodatus I8–9
  10. Pope Agatho4–5
  11. Pope Boniface IV26–31
  12. Pope Sabinian46–51
  13. Pope Boniface III36–41
  14. Maurice39–40
  15. Khosrow I77–78
  16. Khosrow II8–9
  17. Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib8–13
  18. Phocas32
  19. Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib38–39
  20. Cassiodorus89–94
  21. Tiberius II Constantine56–61
  22. Gregory of Tours41
  23. Amr ibn al-As9
  24. Columba58
  25. Salman the Persian10–11
  26. Emperor Gaozu of Tang13
  27. Abu Sufyan6–11
  28. Abd al-Muttalib79–84
  29. Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib11
  30. Bhartṛhari8–9
  31. Guntram44–50
  32. Childebert II9
  33. Æthelberht of Kent27
  34. Columbanus33–38
  35. Abu Lahab29–30
  36. Emperor Wen of Sui38
  37. Empress Suiko25
  38. Prince Shōtoku5
  39. Radegund61
  40. Venantius Fortunatus39–51
  41. Theodelinda7–11
  42. Saint David66–67
  43. Reccared I19–20
  44. Ammar ibn Yasir9

Where the people alive in AD 579 were born

The 44 best known of those alive in AD 579. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (41 of 44 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list