Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 585?

47 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 585. 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. Muhammad14
  2. Abu Bakr10–14
  3. Pope Gregory I42–47
  4. Uthman9–11
  5. Heraclius8–13
  6. Isidore of Seville22–27
  7. Pope Pelagius II62–67
  8. Pope Adeodatus I14–15
  9. Pope Agatho10–11
  10. Pope Boniface IV32–37
  11. Pope Sabinian52–57
  12. Pope Boniface III42–47
  13. Maurice45–46
  14. Bilal ibn Rabah3–4
  15. Khosrow II14–15
  16. Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib14–19
  17. Phocas38
  18. Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib44–45
  19. Maximus the Confessor5–6
  20. Gregory of Tours47
  21. Amr ibn al-As15
  22. Columba64
  23. Salman the Persian16–17
  24. Chlothar II1
  25. Emperor Gaozu of Tang19
  26. Abu Sufyan12–17
  27. Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah1–2
  28. Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib17
  29. Bhartṛhari14–15
  30. Guntram50–56
  31. Childebert II15
  32. Æthelberht of Kent33
  33. John Climacus3–8
  34. Columbanus39–44
  35. Abu Lahab35–36
  36. Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf2–14
  37. Theophylact Simocatta4–5
  38. Emperor Wen of Sui44
  39. Empress Suiko31
  40. Prince Shōtoku11
  41. Radegund67
  42. Venantius Fortunatus45–57
  43. Theodelinda13–17
  44. Zayd ibn Haritha al-Kalbi3–4
  45. Saint David72–73
  46. Reccared I25–26
  47. Ammar ibn Yasir15

Where the people alive in AD 585 were born

The 47 best known of those alive in AD 585. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (43 of 47 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list