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Who was alive in 250?

190 well-known people were alive in 250, including Nagarjuna, Saint Nicholas, Plotinus. Here are the 80 most notable:

• Nagarjuna (150–250) — 3rd-century Indian Buddhist philosopher
• Saint Nicholas (250–350) — 4th-century Christian bishop and saint
• Plotinus (205–270) — Hellenistic Platonist philosopher and founder of Neoplatonism (c. 204/5–270)
• Diocletian (240–316) — Augustus of the Eastern Roman Empire (244-311)
• Aurelian (214–275) — Roman Emperor (C.E.214-275)
• Origen (184–254) — Christian scholar, ascetic, and theologian (c. 185 – c. 253)
• Sixtus II (215–258) — Bishop of Rome from 257 to 258
• Dionysius (200–268) — Pope and bishop of Rome from 259 to 268
• Lucius I (200–254) — Pope and bishop of Rome from 253 to 254
• Diophantus of Alexandria (200–284) — 3rd century Alexandrian Greek mathematician
• Cornelius (180–253) — pope Saint (251 to 253)
• Fabian (200–250) — pope and bishop of Rome from 236 to 250
• Decius (201–251) — Roman Emperor (201-251)
• Arius (250–336) — Cyrenaic presbyter and founder of Arianism (died 336)
• Constantius Chlorus (250–306) — Roman emperor (250-306)
• Valerian (199–260) — Roman emperor
• Mani (216–274) — 3rd century prophet and founder of Manichaeism
• Helena Augusta (250–330) — saint, first wife of Roman emperor Constantius Chlorus, and mother of Emperor Constantine the Great (250-330)
• Saint Valentine (175–273) — 3rd-century Roman Christian saint (175–273)
• Claudius Gothicus (214–270) — Roman Emperor from 268 to 270 (213–270)
• Gallienus (218–268) — Roman emperor (218-268)
• Porphyry (233–301) — 3rd-century Greek Neoplatonist philosopher
• Cyprian (200–258) — Bishop of Carthage and Christian writer (c.210-258)
• Aemilian (207–253) — Roman emperor (207-253)
• Probus (232–282) — 3rd-century Roman Emperor (232-282)
• Maximian (240–310) — Roman emperor
• Tacitus (200–276) — Roman emperor from 275 to 276
• Trebonianus Gallus (206–253) — Roman Emperor from 251 to 253 (206-253)
• Lawrence of Rome (225–258) — Christian saint, martyr and a deacon of Rome (225-258)
• Quintillus (212–270) — Roman emperor (270)
• Agatha of Sicily (235–261) — Christian saint and martyress (235–261)
• Zenobia (240–275) — 3rd-century Queen of the Palmyrene Empire
• Carus (222–283) — Roman emperor
• Sextus Empiricus (200–300) — 2nd-century Roman philosopher and physician
• Florian (232–276) — Roman emperor (276)
• Carinus (250–285) — Roman emperor from 283 to 285
• Iamblichus (245–325) — Syrian Neoplatonist philosopher (c. 245 – c. 325)
• Hostilian (235–251) — Roman emperor in 251
• Lactantius (240–320) — Roman Christian author (c. 250 - c. 325)
• Volusian (230–253) — 3rd-century Roman emperor
• Herennius Etruscus (227–251) — Roman emperor (220-251)
• Ammonius Saccas (175–250) — Hellenistic Platonist philosopher (175-242)
• Gregory the Illuminator (239–325) — patron saint of the Armenian Apostolic Church (c.257–c.331)
• Saloninus (242–260) — Roman nobleman and briefly emperor (c. 242 – 260)
• Sun Quan (182–252) — Emperor of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period
• Novatian (220–258) — 3rd century scholar, priest, theologian and antipope
• Hormizd I (250–273) — The third Sasanian emperor (270–271)
• Chandragupta I (250–335) — 4th-century king of the Gupta Empire
• Pope Alexandros of Alexandria (250–326) — Patriarch of Alexandria
• Bahram I (250–276) — The fourth Sasanian emperor (271–274)
• Herodian (170–250) — Greco-Roman official and historian (c.170–c.240)
• Tetricus I (250–275) — Gallic emperor from 271 to 274 AD
• Celsus (200–) — 2nd-century Greek philosopher
• Paul of Thebes (227–) — Christian hermit
• Martinianus (250–324) — early 4th-century Roman emperor
• Bahram II (250–293) — fifth Sasanian emperor (274–293)
• Denis (201–250) — 3rd-century Bishop of Paris and saint
• Postumus (250–269) — 3rd-century Roman usurper
• Pope Dionysius of Alexandria (190–264) — Head of the Church in Alexandria from 248 to 264
• Saint Maurice (250–287) — Egyptian saint and leader of the legendary Roman Theban Legion
• Liu Hui (225–295) — Chinese mathematician from Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms period)
• Heliodorus of Emesa (250–) — 3rd/4th century Greco-Roman writer
• Marcus Minucius Felix (200–260) — Latin-language writer
• Odaenathus (220–267) — King of Palmyra from 260 to 267
• Paul of Samosata (200–275) — Patriarch of Antioch
• Gregory Thaumaturgus (213–270) — Greek bishop and saint (c. 213 – 270)
• Emperor Wu of Jin (236–290) — Emperor of the Jin Dynasty from 266 to 290
• Tiridates III of Armenia (250–330) — King of Armenia and Saint
• Saint Florian (250–304) — Austrian Catholic martyr and saint
• Marcus Aurelius Marius (250–269) — emperor of the Roman Gallic empire in 269
• Sima Yi (179–251) — Chinese general, politician and regent (179-251)
• Sasan (200–300) — early 3rd century ancestor of the Sasanian dynasty
• Achilles Tatius (200–300) — ancient Greek novellist
• Allectus (201–296) — Augustus of Gaul and Britannia from 293 to 296
• Aureolus (220–268) — usurper of the Roman Empire (died 268)
• Laelian (250–269) — Roman imperial usurper in 269
• Regalianus (250–260) — Roman emperor or usurper (died 260/261)
• Bhāsa (200–300) — One of the earliest and most celebrated Indian playwrights in Sanskrit who predated Kalidasa.
• Chen Shou (233–297) — Chinese historian (233-297)
• Adhur Narseh (250–309) — The ninth Sasanian emperor (309)

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