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Who was alive in 500?

255 well-known people were alive in 500, including Justinian I, Attila, Aryabhata. Here are the 80 most notable:

• Justinian I (482–565) — Eastern Roman Emperor who ruled from 527 to 565 (482-565)
• Attila (453–500) — 5th-century ruler of the Hunnic Empire
• Aryabhata (476–550) — Pioneer astronomer who formulated zero, quadratic rules, and earth's rotation.
• Benedict of Nursia (480–547) — founder of Christian monasticism, founder of the Benedictine order (480–547)
• Boethius (480–524) — Roman senator and philosopher of the early 6th century (480–524)
• 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
• Symmachus (460–514) — Pope from 498 to 514
• Silverius (477–537) — pope
• Saint Patrick (400–500) — 5th-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland
• Agapetus I (490–536) — 6th‑century Roman pope and canonized Catholic saint, considered a confessor of the faith
• Procopius (500–558) — 6th-century historian
• Jordanes (490–560) — Late Roman historian and writer, author of Getica
• Bodhidharma (440–540) — Indian-Chinese philosopher and Buddhist Monk
• Chlothar I (498–561) — King of the Franks
• 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
• Theodora (500–548) — Byzantine empress from 527 to 548
• Cassiodorus (487–583) — 6th-century Roman senator and scholar
• Basiliscus (476–500) — Eastern Roman Emperor from 475 to 476 († 476)
• Olybrius (472–500) — 5th-century Western Roman Emperor
• Chlodomer (495–524) — King of the Franks
• Childebert I (497–558) — Frankish King
• Amalasuntha (498–535) — queen of the Ostrogoths (495-535)
• Abd al-Muttalib (497–579) — Chief Leader of the Quraysh and grandfather of Muhammad (c.497–578)
• 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
• Dionysius Exiguus (475–544) — Byzantine saint
• Theuderic I (485–534) — Frankish King
• Brendan the Navigator (486–577) — Irish monastic saint
• John Malalas (491–578) — 6th-century Byzantine Greek chronicler
• Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite (500–600) — Greek philosopher
• Vātsyāyana (500–500) — Indian logician, author of Kama Sutra
• Nonnus of Panopolis (500–500) — Greek epic poet
• Chandragupta II (400–500) — Ruler of Gupta Empire from c. 375 to c. 415
• Kavad I (473–531) — Sasanian King of Kings (488–531)
• Narses (478–568) — Byzantine general
• Peroz I (484–500) — The 18th Sasanian Emperor (459–484)
• Theudebert I (500–548) — Frankish King
• Buddhaghosa (401–500) — 5th-century Indian Theravada Buddhist commentator, translator and philosopher
• Mazdak (450–529) — Iranian philosopher
• Anthemius of Tralles (474–534) — ancient Greek scientist and architect
• Clotilde (474–545) — saint and second wife of the Frankish king Clovis I
• Gelimer (480–553) — King of the Vandals
• Isidore of Miletus (442–537) — Byzantine Greek architect
• Gildas (500–570) — 6th-century British monk, writer and saint
• Yazdegerd II (457–500) — The 16th Sassanid Emperor (438–457)
• Balash (488–500) — The 19th Sassanid Emperor (484–488)
• Zu Chongzhi (429–501) — Chinese mathematician-astronomer
• Gesalec (450–512) — Visigothic king
• Brigid of Kildare (451–525) — Irish abbess and saint (c. 451 – 525)
• Vitiges (475–541) — king of the Ostrogoths and King of Italy (536–540)
• Theodahad (480–536) — king of the Ostrogoths and king of Italy (534–536)
• Buretsu (489–507) — Emperor of Japan
• Damascius (450–550) — 6th-century Greek Neoplatonist philosopher
• John Philoponus (490–570) — Byzantine philologist and philosopher (c. 490–c. 570)
• Saint Remigius (437–533) — French archbishop and saint
• Hormizd III (459–500) — The 17th Sassanid Emperor (457–459)
• Theudis (480–548) — King of the Visigoths
• Simplicius of Cilicia (480–560) — 6th-century Greek pagan philosopher
• Romanos the Melodist (490–556) — Greek hymnographer
• Ankan (466–536) — Emperor of Japan
• Tribonian (475–542) — Byzantine jurist (c. 485–542)
• Laurentius (500–507) — archpriest, antipope elected in 498
• Vakhtang I of Iberia (440–502) — King of Iberia (440-502)
• Keitai (450–531) — Emperor of Japan
• Hilderic (460–533) — King of the Vandals
• Priscian (500–600) — 6th-century Latin grammarian
• Senka (467–539) — Emperor of Japan
• Rutilius Claudius Namatianus (400–500) — poet and politician (4th to 5th century CE)
• Scholastica (480–543) — Italian saint
• Dioscorus (500–530) — deacon of the Alexandrian and the Roman church, antipope in 530
• Theudigisel (500–549) — King of the Visigoths
• Saint Savvas the Sanctified (439–532) — Byzantine monk
• Cynric of Wessex (450–560) — King of Wessex

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