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Who was alive in 100?

231 well-known people were alive in 100, including Plutarch, Tacitus, Ptolemy. Here are the 80 most notable:

• Plutarch (40–120) — Greek philosopher and historian (c. AD 46 – after AD 119)
• Tacitus (55–120) — Roman historian and senator (c. 56 – c. 120)
• Ptolemy (100–170) — 2nd-century Roman mathematician, astronomer, geographer
• Epictetus (50–138) — Greek Stoic philosopher (c. 50–c. 138)
• Trajan (53–117) — 13th Roman Emperor (98–117)
• Hadrian (76–138) — 14th Roman Emperor (117–138)
• Clement I (99–100) — 4th Pope of the Catholic Church
• Juvenal (55–) — early 2nd century Roman poet
• Pliny the Younger (61–113) — Roman lawyer, author and magistrate (61 – c.113)
• Suetonius (69–126) — late 1st/early 2nd-century Roman historian
• Josephus (37–100) — Roman–Jewish historian and military leader (c. 37–c. 100)
• Antoninus Pius (86–161) — 15th Roman Emperor (138–161)
• Martial (40–104) — 1st-century Latin poet from Hispania
• Evaristus (100–105) — 5th Pope of the Catholic Church from c. 99 to c. 107
• Alexander I (100–116) — 6th Pope of the Catholic Church from c. 107 to c. 115
• Sixtus I (42–126) — 7th Pope of the Catholic Church
• Pius I (95–150) — pope
• Anicetus (100–166) — bishop of Rome from c. 157 to 168
• Ignatius of Antioch (35–108) — late 1st/early 2nd century Christian author and Patriarch of Antioch
• Cai Lun (48–121) — Chinese official credited with inventing paper (died 121)
• Quintus Curtius Rufus (50–100) — Roman historian
• Justin Martyr (100–165) — 2nd century CE Christian apologist and martyr
• Zhang Heng (78–139) — Chinese scientist and statesman (78–139)
• Appian (95–165) — Greco-Roman historian (c. 95 – c.165)
• Arrian (89–175) — 2nd century Greek historian, official and philosopher
• Polycarp (69–155) — Christian bishop of Smyrna
• James the Just (62–100) — Jewish bishop of Jerusalem figure in Early Christianity
• Apollonius of Tyana (15–100) — 1st century AD Greek Neopythagorean philosopher
• Akiva ben Joseph (50–135) — Jewish scholar and sage (c. 50 – c.135)
• Kanishka (78–144) — the fourth and greatest Kushan emperor (127–150)
• Marcion of Sinope (85–160) — Anatolian Christian theologian (c.85–c.160)
• Aśvaghoṣa (80–150) — 2nd century Buddhist Indian poet and philosopher
• Caiaphas (100–100) — Jewish High Priest (c. 14 BC - c. 46 AD)
• Silius Italicus (26–101) — 1st-century AD Roman senator, orator and poet (26–101)
• Apollodorus of Damascus (50–120) — 2nd century Syrian Roman architect and engineer
• Marcus Manilius (50–100) — 1st century Roman writer
• Decebalus (100–106) — king of Dacia
• Pomponius Mela (15–100) — Roman geographer of the first century
• Simon bar Kokhba (50–135) — Jewish leader
• Frontinus (30–103) — Roman civil engineer, author, soldier and senator (c. 30 – 103 AD)
• Dionysius the Areopagite (100–100) — Greek bishop and saint
• Dio Chrysostom (40–120) — Greek orator, writer, philosopher and historian (c. 40 – c. 115)
• Ban Zhao (45–116) — late 1st/early 2nd century Chinese historian, philosopher and scholar
• Saint Titus (13–107) — early Christian missionary and church leader
• Papias of Hierapolis (60–140) — Greek Apostolic Father, Bishop of Hierapolis and author (c.60-c.130 AD)
• Marcus Cornelius Fronto (100–160) — 2nd century Roman rhetorician and advocate
• Longinus (100–100) — Roman soldier, and saint, who pierced the side of Jesus
• Agrippa II (27–100) — king of Chalcis (Syria) from Herodian dynasty (28-100)
• Zacchaeus (50–100) — Jewish Christian disciple and apostle (fl. 1. century)
• Nicomachus (60–120) — Greco-Syrian mathematician (c. 60 – c. 120 AD)
• Lucius Annaeus Florus (70–140) — 2nd century Roman historian and poet
• Charaka (50–) — Indian physician and academic
• Pacorus II (50–105) — Parthian king
• Melito of Sardis (100–180) — Ancient Roman Eunuch and saint
• Osroes I of Parthia (50–129) — Parthian king
• Gotarzes II of Parthia (51–100) — king of the Parthian Empire intermittently from 40 AD to 51 AD
• Emperor Seimu (83–191) — Emperor of Japan
• Saint Sarah (100–100) — French-Egyptian saint
• James the Less (62–100) — Christian saint
• Vologases III of Parthia (100–200) — King of Parthia
• Thecla (100–100) — 1st-century saint
• Ban Chao (32–102) — Chinese military general, explorer and diplomat (32–102 CE)
• Vibia Sabina (83–136) — Roman Empress, wife of Emperor Hadrian
• Faustina the Elder (100–140) — Roman empress and wife of the Roman emperor Antoninus Pius
• Apollos (100–100) — early Christian proselytizer from Alexandria
• Agabus (100–100) — prophet
• Pompeia Plotina (70–121) — Roman Empress as the wife of Emperor Trajan
• Artabanus III of Parthia (90–100) — ruler of the Parthian Empire ?–80/81
• Rhadamistus (58–100) — 1st century AD ruler of the Kingdom of Armenia
• Ananias of Damascus (60–100) — one of the Seventy Disciples of Jesus
• Babrius (100–200) — 2nd century Roman Greek writer
• Philip the Evangelist (100–100) — Ancient Roman saint
• Gaius Julius Civilis (25–100) — leader of the Batavian rebellion against the Romans in 69 AD
• Domitia Longina (55–126) — Roman empress, wife of emperor Domitian (c. AD 53/55 - c.126/130)
• Philemon (70–100) — New Testament person
• Antipas of Pergamum (92–100) — 1st century Christian bishop and martyr regarded as subject of Revelation 2:13
• Aretaeus of Cappadocia (100–200) — 2nd century Greek physician
• Antonius Felix (10–100) — 1st century Roman politician and procurator of the Judea Province
• Menelaus of Alexandria (70–140) — Greek mathematician and astronomer
• Lydia of Thyatira (100–100) — 1st‑century Lydian merchant of purple cloth, Christian saint, early European convert to Christianity mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles

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