Who Was Alive

Who was alive in AD 97?

32 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 97. 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 97: Wang Chong.

  1. Plutarch47–58
  2. Tacitus40–45
  3. Epictetus45–49
  4. Trajan44
  5. Hadrian21
  6. Pliny the Younger33–38
  7. Josephus60–61
  8. Antoninus Pius11
  9. Martial56–59
  10. Pope Sixtus I53–58
  11. Nerva67
  12. Ignatius of Antioch60–65
  13. Cai Lun35–50
  14. Zhang Heng19–20
  15. Appian0–5
  16. Arrian2–10
  17. Polycarp27–29
  18. John the Evangelist87
  19. Apollonius of Tyana80–85
  20. Rabbi Akiva45–50
  21. Kanishka19–20
  22. Marcion of Sinope2–13
  23. Aśvaghoṣa17
  24. Silius Italicus71–72
  25. Ban Zhao52
  26. Frontinus65–69
  27. Saint Titus78–88
  28. Wang Chong69 or 70 †
  29. Dio Chrysostom55–60
  30. Florus21–29
  31. Herod Agrippa II69–71
  32. Nicomachus35–40

Where the people alive in AD 97 were born

The 32 best known of those alive in AD 97. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (31 of 32 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list