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Who was alive in 520?

222 well-known people were alive in 520, including Justinian I, Aryabhata, Benedict of Nursia. Here are the 80 most notable:

• Justinian I (482–565) — Eastern Roman Emperor who ruled from 527 to 565 (482-565)
• 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)
• Theodoric the Great (454–526) — king of the Germanic Ostrogoths and ruler of Italy (493–526)
• Hormisdas (450–523) — Bishop of Rome from 514 to 523
• Pelagius II (520–590) — Pope and Bishop of Rome (r. 579-590)
• John I (470–526) — pope
• John II (470–535) — pope
• Pelagius I (505–561) — pope
• John III (520–574) — pope
• Silverius (477–537) — pope
• Agapetus I (490–536) — 6th‑century Roman pope and canonized Catholic saint, considered a confessor of the faith
• Belisarius (505–565) — 6th century Byzantine general instrumental in reconquest of much of the former Roman Mediterranean territories (505-565)
• 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
• Khosrow I (501–579) — Shahanshah of the Sasanian Empire from 531 to 579
• Justin I (450–527) — Emperor of the Byzantine Empire from 518 to 527 (450-527)
• Theodora (500–548) — Byzantine empress from 527 to 548
• Justin II (520–578) — Emperor of the Byzantine Empire from 565 to 574 (520-578)
• Cassiodorus (487–583) — 6th-century Roman senator and scholar
• Tiberius II Constantine (520–582) — Byzantine Emperor (520-582)
• 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)
• Totila (510–552) — king of the Ostrogoths and King of Italy (541–552)
• Charibert I (520–567) — King 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
• Athalaric (516–534) — Ostrogothic king and King Of Italy (526–534)
• Kavad I (473–531) — Sasanian King of Kings (488–531)
• Narses (478–568) — Byzantine general
• Theudebert I (500–548) — Frankish King
• Varāhamihira (505–587) — 6th-century Hindu polymath, author of Brihat samhita
• 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
• Imru' al-Qais (501–544) — Arab king and poet (501–544)
• Saint David (512–589) — patron saint of Wales
• Radegund (518–587) — Frankish queen consort
• 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)
• Liuvigild (519–586) — Visigothic king
• Damascius (450–550) — 6th-century Greek Neoplatonist philosopher
• John Philoponus (490–570) — Byzantine philologist and philosopher (c. 490–c. 570)
• Amalaric (502–531) — King of Visigoths
• Saint Remigius (437–533) — French archbishop and saint
• Theudis (480–548) — King of the Visigoths
• Simplicius of Cilicia (480–560) — 6th-century Greek pagan philosopher
• Romanos the Melodist (490–556) — Greek hymnographer
• Stephanus of Byzantium (501–600) — 6th-century Byzantine grammarian and geographer
• Ankan (466–536) — Emperor of Japan
• Tribonian (475–542) — Byzantine jurist (c. 485–542)
• Keitai (450–531) — Emperor of Japan
• Hilderic (460–533) — King of the Vandals
• Priscian (500–600) — 6th-century Latin grammarian
• Kinmei (509–571) — 29th Emperor of Japan
• Senka (467–539) — Emperor of Japan
• 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
• 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)
• Sigismund of Burgundy (475–524) — king of the Burgundians
• Bumin Qaghan (490–552) — founder of the Turkic Khaganate
• Thrasamund (450–523) — King of the Vandals
• Marcellinus Comes (450–534) — Roman chronicler

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