Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 661?

56 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 661. 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 661: Mu'awiya II and Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf.

Died in AD 661: Ali and Empress Kōgyoku.

  1. Ali61 or 62 †
  2. Brahmagupta60–65
  3. Aisha46–47
  4. Husayn ibn Ali35
  5. Mu'awiya I58
  6. Pope Benedict II25–26
  7. Hasan ibn Ali36
  8. Pope Leo II49–50
  9. Xuanzang59
  10. Pope John VII10–11
  11. Pope Sergius I10–11
  12. Pope Agatho86–87
  13. Pope John VI5–6
  14. Pope Vitalian59–63
  15. Pope John V25–26
  16. Wu Zetian37
  17. Pope Sisinnius8–13
  18. Pope Conon30–31
  19. Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan13–17
  20. Yazid I14–15
  21. Constans II31
  22. Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr37
  23. Maximus the Confessor81–82
  24. Hafsa bint Umar56–57
  25. Ibn Abbas40–45
  26. Constantine IV8–9
  27. Amr ibn al-As91
  28. Marwan I38
  29. Ali al-Sajjad2
  30. Asparuh of Bulgaria18–23
  31. Mu'awiya IIborn
  32. Abu Hurayra58–59
  33. Leontius1
  34. Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas66
  35. Umm Salama64–65
  36. Zaynab bint Ali34–35
  37. Isaac the Syrian18–23
  38. Sawdah bint Zam'ah71–72
  39. Abd Allah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab48–53
  40. Chlothar III8–13
  41. Theuderic III1–11
  42. Umm Habiba64–69
  43. Childeric II5–6
  44. Maymunah bint al-Harith66–71
  45. Safiyya bint Huyayy48–53
  46. Juwayriya bint al-Harith52–53
  47. Hasan al-Basri19
  48. Pepin of Herstal13–18
  49. Empress Jitō15–16
  50. Emperor Tenji34–35
  51. Dagobert II8–9
  52. Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusufborn
  53. Empress Kōgyoku66 or 67 †
  54. Anas ibn Malik49–50
  55. Emperor Tenmu29–30
  56. Kubrat55–77

Where the people alive in AD 661 were born

The 56 best known of those alive in AD 661. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (44 of 56 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list