Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 640?

63 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 640. 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. Umar51–56
  2. Ali41
  3. Brahmagupta39–44
  4. Uthman64–66
  5. Aisha25–26
  6. Husayn ibn Ali14
  7. Mu'awiya I37
  8. Heraclius63–68
  9. Pope Benedict II4–5
  10. Hasan ibn Ali15
  11. Pope Martin I42
  12. Pope Leo II28–29
  13. Khalid ibn al-Walid53–54
  14. Pope John IV37–42
  15. Xuanzang38
  16. Pope Agatho65–66
  17. Pope Vitalian38–42
  18. Pope John V4–5
  19. Wu Zetian16
  20. Pope Conon9–10
  21. Bilal ibn Rabah58–59
  22. Constans II10
  23. Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib69–74
  24. Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr16
  25. Maximus the Confessor60–61
  26. Hafsa bint Umar35–36
  27. Ibn Abbas19–24
  28. Amr ibn al-As70
  29. Emperor Taizong of Tang42
  30. Heraclius Constantine28
  31. Marwan I17
  32. Salman the Persian71–72
  33. Zubayr ibn al-Awwam46
  34. Abu Sufyan67–72
  35. Yazdegerd III16
  36. Harsha50
  37. Abu Hurayra37–38
  38. Heraclonas22
  39. Zaynab bint Jahsh48
  40. Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas45
  41. Bhartṛhari69–70
  42. Umm Salama43–44
  43. Zaynab bint Ali13–14
  44. Sawdah bint Zam'ah50–51
  45. Talha ibn Ubayd Allah44–45
  46. Penda of Mercia31–36
  47. Abd Allah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab27–32
  48. Clovis II2–7
  49. John Climacus58–63
  50. Umm Habiba43–48
  51. Abd Allah ibn Mas'ud45–46
  52. Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf57–69
  53. Maymunah bint al-Harith45–50
  54. Safiyya bint Huyayy27–32
  55. Juwayriya bint al-Harith31–32
  56. Emperor Tenji13–14
  57. Empress Kōgyoku45–46
  58. Sigebert III10
  59. Pepin of Landen52–57
  60. Anas ibn Malik28–29
  61. Ammar ibn Yasir70
  62. Emperor Tenmu8–9
  63. Kubrat34–56

Where the people alive in AD 640 were born

The 63 best known of those alive in AD 640. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (55 of 63 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list