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Who was alive in 470?

186 well-known people were alive in 470, including Attila, Clovis I, Theodoric the Great. Here are the 80 most notable:

• Attila (453–500) — 5th-century ruler of the Hunnic Empire
• Clovis I (466–511) — first king of the Franks (c. 466-511)
• Theodoric the Great (454–526) — king of the Germanic Ostrogoths and ruler of Italy (493–526)
• Romulus Augustus (462–510) — last emperor of the Western Roman Empire (475–476)
• Hormisdas (450–523) — Bishop of Rome from 514 to 523
• John I (470–526) — pope
• John II (470–535) — pope
• Simplicius (420–483) — pope
• Symmachus (460–514) — Pope from 498 to 514
• Saint Patrick (400–500) — 5th-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland
• Felix III (440–492) — pope (483-492)
• Odoacer (433–493) — 5th-century Germanic soldier and monarch of Italy (476–493)
• Julius Nepos (430–480) — Roman emperor (430-480)
• 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
• Justin I (450–527) — Emperor of the Byzantine Empire from 518 to 527 (450-527)
• Anastasius I (430–518) — Byzantine Emperor from 491 to 518
• Leo I (401–474) — Eastern Roman emperor from 457 to 474
• Proclus (412–485) — 5th-century Greek Neoplatonist philosopher
• Leo II (467–474) — Byzantine emperor (467-474)
• Childeric I (436–481) — Frankish king
• 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)
• Alaric II (466–507) — King of the Visigoths Balti dynasty
• Genevieve of Paris (423–502) — Patron saint of Paris
• Zosimus (460–520) — late 5th/early 6th century Byzantine historian
• 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
• Mazdak (450–529) — Iranian philosopher
• 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
• Isidore of Miletus (442–537) — Byzantine Greek architect
• Yazdegerd II (457–500) — The 16th Sassanid Emperor (438–457)
• Zu Chongzhi (429–501) — Chinese mathematician-astronomer
• Stobaeus (430–470) — 5th-century Greek anthologist
• Gesalec (450–512) — Visigothic king
• Brigid of Kildare (451–525) — Irish abbess and saint (c. 451 – 525)
• Damascius (450–550) — 6th-century Greek Neoplatonist philosopher
• Huneric (411–484) — King of the Vandals
• Saint Remigius (437–533) — French archbishop and saint
• Hormizd III (459–500) — The 17th Sassanid Emperor (457–459)
• Aspar (400–471) — Imperial Roman Consul (400-471)
• Seinei (444–484) — Emperor of Japan
• Emperor Ninken (449–498) — Emperor of Japan
• Jamasp (450–499) — The 21th Sassanid Emperor (496–499)
• Emperor Kenzō (450–487) — Emperor of Japan
• Ankan (466–536) — Emperor of Japan
• Orestes (420–476) — Roman politician and general (420-476)
• Vakhtang I of Iberia (440–502) — King of Iberia (440-502)
• Keitai (450–531) — Emperor of Japan
• Hilderic (460–533) — King of the Vandals
• Yūryaku (418–479) — Japanese emperor
• Gunthamund (450–496) — King of the Vandals
• Senka (467–539) — Emperor of Japan
• Rutilius Claudius Namatianus (400–500) — poet and politician (4th to 5th century CE)
• Saint Savvas the Sanctified (439–532) — Byzantine monk
• Cynric of Wessex (450–560) — King of Wessex
• Peter the Iberian (400–491) — Georgian saint
• Ammonius Hermiae (435–517) — 5th-century Greek philosopher
• Vincent of Lérins (445–500) — 5th-century saint and theologian
• Ildibad (450–541) — king of the Ostrogoths and King of Italy (540–541)
• Eraric (450–541) — king of the Ostrogoth and King of Italy (541)
• Hesychius of Alexandria (450–500) — 5th/6th century Greek philologist and lexicographer
• Skandagupta (467–500) — Gupta Emperor
• Justa Grata Honoria (417–) — older sister of the Western Roman Emperor Valentinian III
• Thrasamund (450–523) — King of the Vandals
• Dares Phrygius (450–500) — writer
• Licinia Eudoxia (422–493) — Roman Empress (422-493)
• Marcellinus Comes (450–534) — Roman chronicler
• Ariadne (452–515) — Byzantine empress as the wife of Zeno and Anastasius I
• Severus of Antioch (456–538) — Patriarch of Antioch
• Jangsu (394–491) — the king of the Goguryeo dynasty of Korea
• Gundobad (450–516) — King of the Burgundians
• Fulgentius of Ruspe (468–533) — 6th-century Bishop of Ruspe
• Euthymius the Great (377–473) — Armenian Christian abbot and hermit (377-473)

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