Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 642?

58 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 642. 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.

Born in AD 642: Hasan al-Basri.

Died in AD 642: Khalid ibn al-Walid and Pope John IV.

  1. Umar53–58
  2. Ali43
  3. Brahmagupta41–46
  4. Uthman66–68
  5. Aisha27–28
  6. Husayn ibn Ali16
  7. Mu'awiya I39
  8. Pope Benedict II6–7
  9. Hasan ibn Ali17
  10. Pope Martin I44
  11. Pope Leo II30–31
  12. Khalid ibn al-Walid55 or 56 †
  13. Pope John IV†
  14. Xuanzang40
  15. Pope Agatho67–68
  16. Pope Vitalian40–44
  17. Pope John V6–7
  18. Wu Zetian18
  19. Pope Conon11–12
  20. Constans II12
  21. Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib71–76
  22. Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr18
  23. Maximus the Confessor62–63
  24. Hafsa bint Umar37–38
  25. Ibn Abbas21–26
  26. Amr ibn al-As72
  27. Emperor Taizong of Tang44
  28. Marwan I19
  29. Salman the Persian73–74
  30. Zubayr ibn al-Awwam48
  31. Yazdegerd III18
  32. Harsha52
  33. Abu Hurayra39–40
  34. Zaynab bint Jahsh50
  35. Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas47
  36. Bhartṛhari71–72
  37. Umm Salama45–46
  38. Zaynab bint Ali15–16
  39. Sawdah bint Zam'ah52–53
  40. Talha ibn Ubayd Allah46–47
  41. Penda of Mercia33–38
  42. Abd Allah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab29–34
  43. Clovis II4–9
  44. John Climacus60–65
  45. Umm Habiba45–50
  46. Abd Allah ibn Mas'ud47–48
  47. Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf59–71
  48. Maymunah bint al-Harith47–52
  49. Safiyya bint Huyayy29–34
  50. Juwayriya bint al-Harith33–34
  51. Hasan al-Basriborn
  52. Emperor Tenji15–16
  53. Empress Kōgyoku47–48
  54. Sigebert III12
  55. Anas ibn Malik30–31
  56. Ammar ibn Yasir72
  57. Emperor Tenmu10–11
  58. Kubrat36–58

Where the people alive in AD 642 were born

The 58 best known of those alive in AD 642. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (51 of 58 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list