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Who was alive in 440?

157 well-known people were alive in 440, including Leo I, Sixtus III, Simplicius. Here are the 80 most notable:

• Leo I (400–461) — Pope from 440 to 461 (390–461)
• Sixtus III (390–440) — Pope and bishop of Rome from 432 to 440
• Simplicius (420–483) — pope
• Saint Patrick (400–500) — 5th-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland
• Felix III (440–492) — pope (483-492)
• Theodosius II (401–450) — Byzantine Emperor (401–450)
• Odoacer (433–493) — 5th-century Germanic soldier and monarch of Italy (476–493)
• Hilarius (415–468) — pope (415-468)
• Cyril of Alexandria (376–444) — Patriarchate of Alexandria from 412 to 444
• Julius Nepos (430–480) — Roman emperor (430-480)
• 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)
• Zeno (425–491) — Byzantine Emperor (425–491)
• Bodhidharma (440–540) — Indian-Chinese philosopher and Buddhist Monk
• 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)
• Anastasius I (430–518) — Byzantine Emperor from 491 to 518
• 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)
• Vegetius (400–450) — writer of the Later Roman Empire
• Childeric I (436–481) — Frankish king
• Theodoric I (393–451) — King of the Visigoths
• Anthemius (420–472) — Western Roman Emperor from 467 to 472 (420-472)
• Glycerius (430–480) — Western Roman Emperor 473-474
• Sidonius Apollinaris (430–489) — Gaulish poet, aristocrat and bishop (430-489)
• Libius Severus (420–465) — Western Roman Emperor (420-465)
• Genevieve of Paris (423–502) — Patron saint of Paris
• Socrates of Constantinople (380–440) — 5th century Greek Christian church historian
• Galla Placidia (386–450) — 4th-century Roman Empress
• Theodoret (393–450) — 5th century Byzantine theologian and bishop
• 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
• Syagrius (430–487) — 5th-century Roman general and the last ruler of the Roman rump state in northern Gaul, now called the Kingdom of Soissons
• 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
• Theodoric II (426–466) — King of Visigoths
• Simeon Stylites (389–459) — Christian ascetic saint
• Sozomen (400–447) — Byzantine historian
• Thorismund (419–453) — King of the Visigoth
• 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
• Zu Chongzhi (429–501) — Chinese mathematician-astronomer
• Stobaeus (430–470) — 5th-century Greek anthologist
• Huneric (411–484) — King of the Vandals
• Saint Remigius (437–533) — French archbishop and saint
• 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)
• Vakhtang I of Iberia (440–502) — King of Iberia (440-502)
• Yūryaku (418–479) — Japanese emperor
• Ingyō (376–453) — 19th Emperor of Japan
• Rutilius Claudius Namatianus (400–500) — poet and politician (4th to 5th century CE)
• Eutyches (378–454) — presbyter and archimandrite at Constantinople
• Saint Savvas the Sanctified (439–532) — Byzantine monk
• 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
• Ammonius Hermiae (435–517) — 5th-century Greek philosopher
• Philostorgius (368–450) — Byzantine Church historian (368 – c. 439)
• Justa Grata Honoria (417–) — older sister of the Western Roman Emperor Valentinian III
• Valamir (420–465) — King of the Ostrogoths (420-465)
• Hermeric (380–441) — last Suebian king of Galicia
• Fan Ye (398–445) — 5th century Chinese historian
• Hydatius (400–469) — 5th-century bishop and historian
• Licinia Eudoxia (422–493) — Roman Empress (422-493)
• Jangsu (394–491) — the king of the Goguryeo dynasty of Korea
• Flavian of Constantinople (400–449) — 5th-century Archbishop of Constantinople
• Euthymius the Great (377–473) — Armenian Christian abbot and hermit (377-473)
• Coelius Sedulius (400–500) — 5th-century Roman poet
• Egeria (400–) — Western Roman Christian woman, widely regarded to be the author of a detailed account of a pilgrimage to the Holy Land about 381/2–384

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