Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 659?

52 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 659. 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 659: Ali al-Sajjad.

  1. Ali60
  2. Brahmagupta58–63
  3. Aisha44–45
  4. Husayn ibn Ali33
  5. Mu'awiya I56
  6. Pope Benedict II23–24
  7. Hasan ibn Ali34
  8. Pope Leo II47–48
  9. Xuanzang57
  10. Pope John VII8–9
  11. Pope Sergius I8–9
  12. Pope Agatho84–85
  13. Pope John VI3–4
  14. Pope Vitalian57–61
  15. Pope John V23–24
  16. Wu Zetian35
  17. Pope Sisinnius6–11
  18. Pope Conon28–29
  19. Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan11–15
  20. Yazid I12–13
  21. Constans II29
  22. Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr35
  23. Maximus the Confessor79–80
  24. Hafsa bint Umar54–55
  25. Ibn Abbas38–43
  26. Constantine IV6–7
  27. Amr ibn al-As89
  28. Marwan I36
  29. Ali al-Sajjadborn
  30. Asparuh of Bulgaria16–21
  31. Abu Hurayra56–57
  32. Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas64
  33. Umm Salama62–63
  34. Zaynab bint Ali32–33
  35. Isaac the Syrian16–21
  36. Sawdah bint Zam'ah69–70
  37. Abd Allah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab46–51
  38. Chlothar III6–11
  39. Umm Habiba62–67
  40. Childeric II3–4
  41. Maymunah bint al-Harith64–69
  42. Safiyya bint Huyayy46–51
  43. Juwayriya bint al-Harith50–51
  44. Hasan al-Basri17
  45. Pepin of Herstal11–16
  46. Empress Jitō13–14
  47. Emperor Tenji32–33
  48. Dagobert II6–7
  49. Empress Kōgyoku64–65
  50. Anas ibn Malik47–48
  51. Emperor Tenmu27–28
  52. Kubrat53–75

Where the people alive in AD 659 were born

The 52 best known of those alive in AD 659. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (41 of 52 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list