Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 609?

70 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 609. 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. Muhammad38
  2. Umar20–25
  3. Ali10
  4. Abu Bakr34–38
  5. Brahmagupta8–13
  6. Uthman33–35
  7. Mu'awiya I6
  8. Heraclius32–37
  9. Isidore of Seville46–51
  10. Pope Honorius I21–26
  11. Pope Martin I11
  12. Khalid ibn al-Walid22–23
  13. Pope John IV6–11
  14. Xuanzang7
  15. Pope Adeodatus I38–39
  16. Pope Agatho34–35
  17. Pope Vitalian7–11
  18. Pope Boniface IV56–61
  19. Bilal ibn Rabah27–28
  20. Khosrow II38–39
  21. Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib38–43
  22. Phocas62
  23. Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib68–69
  24. Maximus the Confessor29–30
  25. Hafsa bint Umar4–5
  26. Amr ibn al-As39
  27. Emperor Taizong of Tang11
  28. Salman the Persian40–41
  29. Chlothar II25
  30. Zubayr ibn al-Awwam15
  31. Emperor Gaozu of Tang43
  32. Abu Sufyan36–41
  33. Harsha19
  34. Abu Hurayra6–7
  35. Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah25–26
  36. Zaynab bint Jahsh17
  37. Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas14
  38. Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib41
  39. Bhartṛhari38–39
  40. Umm Salama12–13
  41. Sawdah bint Zam'ah19–20
  42. Zaynab bint Khuzayma13–14
  43. Talha ibn Ubayd Allah13–14
  44. Penda of Mercia0–5
  45. Æthelberht of Kent57
  46. John Climacus27–32
  47. Umm Habiba12–17
  48. Abd Allah ibn Mas'ud14–15
  49. Columbanus63–68
  50. Abu Lahab59–60
  51. Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf26–38
  52. Theophylact Simocatta28–29
  53. Maymunah bint al-Harith14–19
  54. Boran18–19
  55. Juwayriya bint al-Harith0–1
  56. Empress Suiko55
  57. Prince Shōtoku35
  58. Ruqayya bint Muhammad7–11
  59. Theudebert II23–24
  60. Theuderic II21–22
  61. Empress Kōgyoku14–15
  62. Venantius Fortunatus69–81
  63. Theodelinda37–41
  64. Zayd ibn Haritha al-Kalbi27–28
  65. Pepin of Landen21–26
  66. Rayhana bint Zayd7–21
  67. Sigebert II6–7
  68. Ammar ibn Yasir39
  69. Zainab bint Muhammad7–12
  70. Kubrat3–25

Where the people alive in AD 609 were born

The 70 best known of those alive in AD 609. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (60 of 70 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list