Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 597?

60 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 597. 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.

Died in AD 597: Columba.

  1. Muhammad26
  2. Umar8–13
  3. Abu Bakr22–26
  4. Pope Gregory I54–59
  5. Uthman21–23
  6. Heraclius20–25
  7. Isidore of Seville34–39
  8. Pope Honorius I9–14
  9. Khalid ibn al-Walid10–11
  10. Pope Adeodatus I26–27
  11. Pope Agatho22–23
  12. Pope Boniface IV44–49
  13. Pope Sabinian64–69
  14. Pope Boniface III54–59
  15. Maurice57–58
  16. Bilal ibn Rabah15–16
  17. Khosrow II26–27
  18. Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib26–31
  19. Phocas50
  20. Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib56–57
  21. Maximus the Confessor17–18
  22. Amr ibn al-As27
  23. Columba75 †
  24. Salman the Persian28–29
  25. Chlothar II13
  26. Zubayr ibn al-Awwam3
  27. Emperor Gaozu of Tang31
  28. Abu Sufyan24–29
  29. Harsha7
  30. Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah13–14
  31. Zaynab bint Jahsh5
  32. Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas2
  33. Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib29
  34. Bhartṛhari26–27
  35. Umm Salama0–1
  36. Sawdah bint Zam'ah7–8
  37. Zaynab bint Khuzayma1–2
  38. Talha ibn Ubayd Allah1–2
  39. Æthelberht of Kent45
  40. John Climacus15–20
  41. Umm Habiba0–5
  42. Abd Allah ibn Mas'ud2–3
  43. Columbanus51–56
  44. Abu Lahab47–48
  45. Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf14–26
  46. Theophylact Simocatta16–17
  47. Maymunah bint al-Harith2–7
  48. Boran6–7
  49. Emperor Wen of Sui56
  50. Empress Suiko43
  51. Prince Shōtoku23
  52. Theudebert II11–12
  53. Theuderic II9–10
  54. Empress Kōgyoku2–3
  55. Venantius Fortunatus57–69
  56. Theodelinda25–29
  57. Zayd ibn Haritha al-Kalbi15–16
  58. Pepin of Landen9–14
  59. Reccared I37–38
  60. Ammar ibn Yasir27

Where the people alive in AD 597 were born

The 60 best known of those alive in AD 597. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (53 of 60 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list