Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 591?

53 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 591. 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. Muhammad20
  2. Umar2–7
  3. Abu Bakr16–20
  4. Pope Gregory I48–53
  5. Uthman15–17
  6. Heraclius14–19
  7. Isidore of Seville28–33
  8. Pope Honorius I3–8
  9. Khalid ibn al-Walid4–5
  10. Pope Adeodatus I20–21
  11. Pope Agatho16–17
  12. Pope Boniface IV38–43
  13. Pope Sabinian58–63
  14. Pope Boniface III48–53
  15. Maurice51–52
  16. Bilal ibn Rabah9–10
  17. Khosrow II20–21
  18. Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib20–25
  19. Phocas44
  20. Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib50–51
  21. Maximus the Confessor11–12
  22. Gregory of Tours53
  23. Amr ibn al-As21
  24. Columba70
  25. Salman the Persian22–23
  26. Chlothar II7
  27. Emperor Gaozu of Tang25
  28. Abu Sufyan18–23
  29. Harsha1
  30. Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah7–8
  31. Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib23
  32. Bhartṛhari20–21
  33. Guntram56–62
  34. Childebert II21
  35. Sawdah bint Zam'ah1–2
  36. Æthelberht of Kent39
  37. John Climacus9–14
  38. Columbanus45–50
  39. Abu Lahab41–42
  40. Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf8–20
  41. Theophylact Simocatta10–11
  42. Boran0–1
  43. Emperor Wen of Sui50
  44. Empress Suiko37
  45. Prince Shōtoku17
  46. Theudebert II5–6
  47. Theuderic II3–4
  48. Venantius Fortunatus51–63
  49. Theodelinda19–23
  50. Zayd ibn Haritha al-Kalbi9–10
  51. Pepin of Landen3–8
  52. Reccared I31–32
  53. Ammar ibn Yasir21

Where the people alive in AD 591 were born

The 53 best known of those alive in AD 591. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (46 of 53 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list