Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 589?

52 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 589. 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. Muhammad18
  2. Umar0–5
  3. Abu Bakr14–18
  4. Pope Gregory I46–51
  5. Uthman13–15
  6. Heraclius12–17
  7. Isidore of Seville26–31
  8. Pope Honorius I1–6
  9. Pope Pelagius II66–71
  10. Khalid ibn al-Walid2–3
  11. Pope Adeodatus I18–19
  12. Pope Agatho14–15
  13. Pope Boniface IV36–41
  14. Pope Sabinian56–61
  15. Pope Boniface III46–51
  16. Maurice49–50
  17. Bilal ibn Rabah7–8
  18. Khosrow II18–19
  19. Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib18–23
  20. Phocas42
  21. Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib48–49
  22. Maximus the Confessor9–10
  23. Gregory of Tours51
  24. Amr ibn al-As19
  25. Columba68
  26. Salman the Persian20–21
  27. Chlothar II5
  28. Emperor Gaozu of Tang23
  29. Abu Sufyan16–21
  30. Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah5–6
  31. Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib21
  32. Bhartṛhari18–19
  33. Guntram54–60
  34. Childebert II19
  35. Æthelberht of Kent37
  36. John Climacus7–12
  37. Columbanus43–48
  38. Abu Lahab39–40
  39. Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf6–18
  40. Theophylact Simocatta8–9
  41. Emperor Wen of Sui48
  42. Empress Suiko35
  43. Prince Shōtoku15
  44. Theudebert II3–4
  45. Theuderic II1–2
  46. Venantius Fortunatus49–61
  47. Theodelinda17–21
  48. Zayd ibn Haritha al-Kalbi7–8
  49. Pepin of Landen1–6
  50. Saint David76–77
  51. Reccared I29–30
  52. Ammar ibn Yasir19

Where the people alive in AD 589 were born

The 52 best known of those alive in AD 589. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (46 of 52 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list