Famous Lives
Who was alive at the same time: history's best known leaders, religious figures, explorers, thinkers, scientists, writers, composers and painters, each from birth to death in their field's color — never more than 12 at once.
Events 457 totals
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Jan
1
393
Theodoric I · 393–451
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Feb
9
412
Proclus · 412–485
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Jul
3
419
Valentinian III · 419–455
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Jan
1
429
Zu Chongzhi · 429–500
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Jan
1
436
Childeric I · 436–481
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Jan
1
440
Bodhidharma · 440–540
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May
12
454
Theodoric the Great · 454–526
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Jan
1
466
Clovis I · 466–511
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Jan
1
474
Anthemius of Tralles · 474–534
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Jan
1
475
Dionysius Exiguus · 475–550
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Jan
1
476
Aryabhata · 476–550
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Jan
1
480
Boethius · 480–c. 520
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Mar
4
480
Benedict of Nursia · 480–547
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May
12
482
Justinian I · 482–565
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Jan
1
486
Brendan the Navigator · 486–577
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Jan
1
490
John Philoponus · 490–570
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Jan
1
520
Tiberius II Constantine · 520–582
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Jan
1
537
Chilperic I · 537–584
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Jan
1
540
Gregory I · 540–604
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Dec
31
549
Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite · c. 500–c. 600
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Dec
31
549
Varāhamihira · c. 500–c. 500
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Jan
1
560
Isidore of Seville · 560–636
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Apr
22
571
Muhammad · 571–632
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Oct
29
573
Abu Bakr · 573–634
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Jan
1
574
Uthman ibn Affan · 574–656
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