Who was alive in 420?

192 well-known people were alive in 420, including Augustine of Hippo, Jerome, Leo I. Here are the 80 most notable:

Augustine of Hippo (354–430) — Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)
Jerome (345–420) — 4th and 5th-century Catholic and Eastern Orthodox saint and Doctor of the Church
Leo I (400–461) — Pope from 440 to 461 (390–461)
Celestine I (400–432) — pope
Sixtus III (390–440) — Pope and bishop of Rome from 432 to 440
Boniface I (370–422) — pope
Honorius (384–423) — 4th and 5th-century Roman emperor
Simplicius (420–483) — pope
Saint Patrick (400–500) — 5th-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland
Theodosius II (401–450) — Byzantine Emperor (401–450)
Hilarius (415–468) — pope (415-468)
Cyril of Alexandria (376–444) — Patriarchate of Alexandria from 412 to 444
Mesrop Mashtots (362–440) — Armenian theologian and linguist (362–440)
Nestorius (380–451) — Christian theologian (c. 386–c. 451)
Valentinian III (419–455) — emperor of the Western Roman Empire (419-455)
Geiseric (389–477) — King of the Vandals and Alans
Aëtius (390–454) — Roman general and statesman ( c. 390 – 454)
Marcian (392–457) — Eastern Roman (Byzantine) emperor (390-457)
Leo I (401–474) — Eastern Roman emperor from 457 to 474
Majorian (420–461) — Western Roman Emperor (420-461)
Proclus (412–485) — 5th-century Greek Neoplatonist philosopher
Avitus (395–457) — Roman Emperor (455–456) (395-457)
Petronius Maximus (396–455) — 5th century western Roman emperor (396-455)
Constantius III (370–421) — Western Roman Emperor (370-421)
Vegetius (400–450) — writer of the Later Roman Empire
Theodoric I (393–451) — King of the Visigoths
Anthemius (420–472) — Western Roman Emperor from 467 to 472 (420-472)
Faxian (337–422) — Chinese Buddhist monk (bhikkhu), pilgrim to India, and travelogue author during the Jin and Liu Song dynasties
Libius Severus (420–465) — Western Roman Emperor (420-465)
Bahram V (406–438) — The 15th Sassanid Emperor (421–438)
Pelagius (354–420) — 4th-century theologian, namesake of Pelagianism
Tao Yuanming (365–427) — Chinese poet (365–427)
Socrates of Constantinople (380–440) — 5th century Greek Christian church historian
Galla Placidia (386–450) — 4th-century Roman Empress
Macrobius (370–430) — ancient Roman author (5th century)
Theodoret (393–450) — 5th century Byzantine theologian and bishop
Yazdegerd I (400–421) — The 14th Sassanid Emperor (399–420)
John Cassian (360–435) — Christian monk and theologian
Chlodio (393–448) — Germanic king
Pulcheria (399–453) — Byzantine empress, wife of Marcian
Chandragupta II (400–500) — Ruler of Gupta Empire from c. 375 to c. 415
Joannes (400–425) — Roman usurper (423–425) against Valentinian III
Buddhaghosa (401–500) — 5th-century Indian Theravada Buddhist commentator, translator and philosopher
Priscus (410–471) — 5th-century diplomat, historian and orator
Euric (420–484) — Visigothic king
Simeon Stylites (389–459) — Christian ascetic saint
Sozomen (400–447) — Byzantine historian
Thorismund (419–453) — King of the Visigoth
Mary of Egypt (344–421) — Egyptian hermit and female Christian saint
Martianus Capella (360–428) — Latin prose writer of Late Antiquity
Peter Chrysologus (380–450) — Bishop of Ravenna
Aelia Eudocia (401–460) — Greek Eastern Roman Empress by marriage to Byzantine emperor Theodosius II (c.401-460)
Ricimer (405–472) — Romanized Germanic general who effectively ruled the remaining territory of the Western Roman Empire (405-472)
Moses of Chorene (410–487) — 5th-century Armenian historian
Sulpicius Severus (360–420) — Christian writer and historian and native of Aquitania (c. 363 – c. 425)
Huneric (411–484) — King of the Vandals
Eunapius (349–420) — ancient Greek sophist and historian
Aspar (400–471) — Imperial Roman Consul (400-471)
Kumaragupta I (399–455) — Gupta Emperor (399-455)
Emperor Ankō (401–456) — Emperor of Japan
Orestes (420–476) — Roman politician and general (420-476)
Paulinus of Nola (354–431) — Christian bishop and saint
Pharamond (370–430) — legendary early king of the Franks (365-430)
Yūryaku (418–479) — Japanese emperor
Theodore of Mopsuestia (350–428) — christian theologian
Ingyō (376–453) — 19th Emperor of Japan
Gunderic (379–428) — Vandal king (379-428)
Rutilius Claudius Namatianus (400–500) — poet and politician (4th to 5th century CE)
Eutyches (378–454) — presbyter and archimandrite at Constantinople
Prosper of Aquitaine (390–463) — 5th-century Roman Christian writer
Dioscorus I of Alexandria (390–454) — Coptic/Orthodox pope
Peter the Iberian (400–491) — Georgian saint
Philostorgius (368–450) — Byzantine Church historian (368 – c. 439)
Antipope Eulalius (400–423) — Antipope
Justa Grata Honoria (417–) — older sister of the Western Roman Emperor Valentinian III
Valamir (420–465) — King of the Ostrogoths (420-465)
Rugila (367–434) — Hun warlord
Hermeric (380–441) — last Suebian king of Galicia
Fan Ye (398–445) — 5th century Chinese historian
Hydatius (400–469) — 5th-century bishop and historian

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