Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 656?

58 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 656. 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 656: Uthman, Zubayr ibn al-Awwam and Sigebert III.

  1. Ali57
  2. Brahmagupta55–60
  3. Uthman†
  4. Aisha41–42
  5. Husayn ibn Ali30
  6. Mu'awiya I53
  7. Pope Benedict II20–21
  8. Hasan ibn Ali31
  9. Pope Leo II44–45
  10. Xuanzang54
  11. Pope John VII5–6
  12. Pope Sergius I5–6
  13. Pope Agatho81–82
  14. Pope John VI0–1
  15. Pope Vitalian54–58
  16. Pope John V20–21
  17. Wu Zetian32
  18. Pope Sisinnius3–8
  19. Pope Conon25–26
  20. Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan8–12
  21. Yazid I9–10
  22. Constans II26
  23. Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr32
  24. Maximus the Confessor76–77
  25. Hafsa bint Umar51–52
  26. Ibn Abbas35–40
  27. Constantine IV3–4
  28. Amr ibn al-As86
  29. Marwan I33
  30. Salman the Persian87–88
  31. Zubayr ibn al-Awwam61 or 62 †
  32. Asparuh of Bulgaria13–18
  33. Abu Hurayra53–54
  34. Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas61
  35. Umm Salama59–60
  36. Zaynab bint Ali29–30
  37. Isaac the Syrian13–18
  38. Sawdah bint Zam'ah66–67
  39. Talha ibn Ubayd Allah60–61
  40. Abd Allah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab43–48
  41. Clovis II18–23
  42. Chlothar III3–8
  43. Umm Habiba59–64
  44. Childeric II0–1
  45. Maymunah bint al-Harith61–66
  46. Safiyya bint Huyayy43–48
  47. Juwayriya bint al-Harith47–48
  48. Hasan al-Basri14
  49. Pepin of Herstal8–13
  50. Empress Jitō10–11
  51. Emperor Tenji29–30
  52. Dagobert II3–4
  53. Empress Kōgyoku61–62
  54. Sigebert III25 or 26 †
  55. Anas ibn Malik44–45
  56. Ammar ibn Yasir86
  57. Emperor Tenmu24–25
  58. Kubrat50–72

Where the people alive in AD 656 were born

The 58 best known of those alive in AD 656. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (45 of 58 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list