Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 678?

48 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 678. 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. Husayn ibn Ali52
  2. Mu'awiya I75
  3. Bede3–8
  4. Pope Gregory II8–9
  5. Pope Benedict II42–43
  6. John of Damascus0–5
  7. Pope Leo II66–67
  8. Pope John VII27–28
  9. Pope Sergius I27–28
  10. Pope Agatho103–104
  11. Pope John VI22–23
  12. Pope John V42–43
  13. Wu Zetian54
  14. Pope Sisinnius25–30
  15. Pope Conon47–48
  16. Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan30–34
  17. Leo III the Isaurian3
  18. Yazid I31–32
  19. Justinian II9
  20. Tariq ibn Ziyad8
  21. Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr54
  22. Ibn Abbas57–62
  23. Constantine IV25–26
  24. Marwan I55
  25. Ali al-Sajjad19
  26. Asparuh of Bulgaria35–40
  27. Mu'awiya II17
  28. Abu Hurayra75–76
  29. Leontius18
  30. Al-Walid I9–10
  31. Saint Boniface0–5
  32. Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik2–3
  33. Umm Salama81–82
  34. Zaynab bint Ali51–52
  35. Isaac the Syrian35–40
  36. Muhammad al-Baqir1
  37. Abd Allah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab65–70
  38. Theuderic III18–28
  39. Chilperic II2–8
  40. Hasan al-Basri36
  41. Pepin of Herstal30–35
  42. Empress Jitō32–33
  43. Dagobert II25–26
  44. Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf17
  45. Empress Genmei16–17
  46. Kahina9–10
  47. Anas ibn Malik66–67
  48. Emperor Tenmu46–47

Where the people alive in AD 678 were born

The 48 best known of those alive in AD 678. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (39 of 48 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list