Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 581?

43 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 581. 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. Muhammad10
  2. Abu Bakr6–10
  3. Pope Gregory I38–43
  4. Uthman5–7
  5. Heraclius4–9
  6. Isidore of Seville18–23
  7. Pope Pelagius II58–63
  8. Pope Adeodatus I10–11
  9. Pope Agatho6–7
  10. Pope Boniface IV28–33
  11. Pope Sabinian48–53
  12. Pope Boniface III38–43
  13. Maurice41–42
  14. Khosrow II10–11
  15. Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib10–15
  16. Phocas34
  17. Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib40–41
  18. Maximus the Confessor1–2
  19. Cassiodorus91–96
  20. Tiberius II Constantine58–63
  21. Gregory of Tours43
  22. Amr ibn al-As11
  23. Columba60
  24. Salman the Persian12–13
  25. Emperor Gaozu of Tang15
  26. Abu Sufyan8–13
  27. Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib13
  28. Bhartṛhari10–11
  29. Guntram46–52
  30. Childebert II11
  31. Æthelberht of Kent29
  32. Columbanus35–40
  33. Abu Lahab31–32
  34. Theophylact Simocatta0–1
  35. Emperor Wen of Sui40
  36. Empress Suiko27
  37. Prince Shōtoku7
  38. Radegund63
  39. Venantius Fortunatus41–53
  40. Theodelinda9–13
  41. Saint David68–69
  42. Reccared I21–22
  43. Ammar ibn Yasir11

Where the people alive in AD 581 were born

The 43 best known of those alive in AD 581. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (40 of 43 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list