Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 588?

51 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 588. 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. Muhammad17
  2. Abu Bakr13–17
  3. Pope Gregory I45–50
  4. Uthman12–14
  5. Heraclius11–16
  6. Isidore of Seville25–30
  7. Pope Honorius I0–5
  8. Pope Pelagius II65–70
  9. Khalid ibn al-Walid1–2
  10. Pope Adeodatus I17–18
  11. Pope Agatho13–14
  12. Pope Boniface IV35–40
  13. Pope Sabinian55–60
  14. Pope Boniface III45–50
  15. Maurice48–49
  16. Bilal ibn Rabah6–7
  17. Khosrow II17–18
  18. Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib17–22
  19. Phocas41
  20. Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib47–48
  21. Maximus the Confessor8–9
  22. Gregory of Tours50
  23. Amr ibn al-As18
  24. Columba67
  25. Salman the Persian19–20
  26. Chlothar II4
  27. Emperor Gaozu of Tang22
  28. Abu Sufyan15–20
  29. Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah4–5
  30. Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib20
  31. Bhartṛhari17–18
  32. Guntram53–59
  33. Childebert II18
  34. Æthelberht of Kent36
  35. John Climacus6–11
  36. Columbanus42–47
  37. Abu Lahab38–39
  38. Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf5–17
  39. Theophylact Simocatta7–8
  40. Emperor Wen of Sui47
  41. Empress Suiko34
  42. Prince Shōtoku14
  43. Theudebert II2–3
  44. Theuderic II0–1
  45. Venantius Fortunatus48–60
  46. Theodelinda16–20
  47. Zayd ibn Haritha al-Kalbi6–7
  48. Pepin of Landen0–5
  49. Saint David75–76
  50. Reccared I28–29
  51. Ammar ibn Yasir18

Where the people alive in AD 588 were born

The 51 best known of those alive in AD 588. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (45 of 51 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list