Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 590?

53 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 590. 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.

Born in AD 590: Harsha.

Died in AD 590: Pope Pelagius II.

  1. Muhammad19
  2. Umar1–6
  3. Abu Bakr15–19
  4. Pope Gregory I47–52
  5. Uthman14–16
  6. Heraclius13–18
  7. Isidore of Seville27–32
  8. Pope Honorius I2–7
  9. Pope Pelagius II†
  10. Khalid ibn al-Walid3–4
  11. Pope Adeodatus I19–20
  12. Pope Agatho15–16
  13. Pope Boniface IV37–42
  14. Pope Sabinian57–62
  15. Pope Boniface III47–52
  16. Maurice50–51
  17. Bilal ibn Rabah8–9
  18. Khosrow II19–20
  19. Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib19–24
  20. Phocas43
  21. Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib49–50
  22. Maximus the Confessor10–11
  23. Gregory of Tours52
  24. Amr ibn al-As20
  25. Columba69
  26. Salman the Persian21–22
  27. Chlothar II6
  28. Emperor Gaozu of Tang24
  29. Abu Sufyan17–22
  30. Harshaborn
  31. Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah6–7
  32. Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib22
  33. Bhartṛhari19–20
  34. Guntram55–61
  35. Childebert II20
  36. Sawdah bint Zam'ah0–1
  37. Æthelberht of Kent38
  38. John Climacus8–13
  39. Columbanus44–49
  40. Abu Lahab40–41
  41. Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf7–19
  42. Theophylact Simocatta9–10
  43. Emperor Wen of Sui49
  44. Empress Suiko36
  45. Prince Shōtoku16
  46. Theudebert II4–5
  47. Theuderic II2–3
  48. Venantius Fortunatus50–62
  49. Theodelinda18–22
  50. Zayd ibn Haritha al-Kalbi8–9
  51. Pepin of Landen2–7
  52. Reccared I30–31
  53. Ammar ibn Yasir20

Where the people alive in AD 590 were born

The 53 best known of those alive in AD 590. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (47 of 53 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list