Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 686?

40 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 686. 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 686: Pope John V and Emperor Tenmu.

  1. Bede11–16
  2. Pope Gregory II16–17
  3. John of Damascus8–13
  4. Pope John VII35–36
  5. Pope Sergius I35–36
  6. Pope John VI30–31
  7. Pope Zachary6–7
  8. Pope John V50 or 51 †
  9. Wu Zetian62
  10. Pope Sisinnius33–38
  11. Pope Conon55–56
  12. Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan38–42
  13. Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz5
  14. Leo III the Isaurian11
  15. Justinian II17
  16. Tariq ibn Ziyad16
  17. Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr62
  18. Ibn Abbas65–70
  19. Ali al-Sajjad27
  20. Asparuh of Bulgaria43–48
  21. Leontius26
  22. Al-Walid I17–18
  23. Saint Boniface8–13
  24. Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik10–11
  25. Isaac the Syrian43–48
  26. Muhammad al-Baqir9
  27. Childebert III7–8
  28. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang1–4
  29. Abd Allah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab73–78
  30. Theuderic III26–36
  31. Chilperic II10–16
  32. Clovis IV6–11
  33. Hasan al-Basri44
  34. Pepin of Herstal38–43
  35. Empress Jitō40–41
  36. Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf25
  37. Empress Genmei24–25
  38. Kahina17–18
  39. Anas ibn Malik74–75
  40. Emperor Tenmu54 or 55 †

Where the people alive in AD 686 were born

The 40 best known of those alive in AD 686. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (30 of 40 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list