Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 608?

68 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 608. 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. Muhammad37
  2. Umar19–24
  3. Ali9
  4. Abu Bakr33–37
  5. Brahmagupta7–12
  6. Uthman32–34
  7. Mu'awiya I5
  8. Heraclius31–36
  9. Isidore of Seville45–50
  10. Pope Honorius I20–25
  11. Pope Martin I10
  12. Khalid ibn al-Walid21–22
  13. Pope John IV5–10
  14. Xuanzang6
  15. Pope Adeodatus I37–38
  16. Pope Agatho33–34
  17. Pope Vitalian6–10
  18. Pope Boniface IV55–60
  19. Bilal ibn Rabah26–27
  20. Khosrow II37–38
  21. Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib37–42
  22. Phocas61
  23. Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib67–68
  24. Maximus the Confessor28–29
  25. Hafsa bint Umar3–4
  26. Amr ibn al-As38
  27. Emperor Taizong of Tang10
  28. Salman the Persian39–40
  29. Chlothar II24
  30. Zubayr ibn al-Awwam14
  31. Emperor Gaozu of Tang42
  32. Abu Sufyan35–40
  33. Harsha18
  34. Abu Hurayra5–6
  35. Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah24–25
  36. Zaynab bint Jahsh16
  37. Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas13
  38. Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib40
  39. Bhartṛhari37–38
  40. Umm Salama11–12
  41. Sawdah bint Zam'ah18–19
  42. Zaynab bint Khuzayma12–13
  43. Talha ibn Ubayd Allah12–13
  44. Æthelberht of Kent56
  45. John Climacus26–31
  46. Umm Habiba11–16
  47. Abd Allah ibn Mas'ud13–14
  48. Columbanus62–67
  49. Abu Lahab58–59
  50. Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf25–37
  51. Theophylact Simocatta27–28
  52. Maymunah bint al-Harith13–18
  53. Boran17–18
  54. Empress Suiko54
  55. Prince Shōtoku34
  56. Ruqayya bint Muhammad6–10
  57. Theudebert II22–23
  58. Theuderic II20–21
  59. Empress Kōgyoku13–14
  60. Venantius Fortunatus68–80
  61. Theodelinda36–40
  62. Zayd ibn Haritha al-Kalbi26–27
  63. Pepin of Landen20–25
  64. Rayhana bint Zayd6–20
  65. Sigebert II5–6
  66. Ammar ibn Yasir38
  67. Zainab bint Muhammad6–11
  68. Kubrat2–24

Where the people alive in AD 608 were born

The 68 best known of those alive in AD 608. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (59 of 68 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list