500s births

Flavius Belisarius (; ; March 565) was a military commander of the Byzantine Empire under Emperor Justinian I. Belisarius was instrumental in the reconquest of much of the Mediterranean territory belonging to the former Western Roman Empire, which had been lost less than a century prior. He is considered one of the greatest military commanders of Byzantium and in history generally.

Procopius of Caesarea (; Prokópios ho Kaisareús; ; – 565) was a prominent Byzantine Greek scholar and historian from Caesarea Maritima. Accompanying the Byzantine general Belisarius in Emperor Justinian's wars, Procopius became the principal historian of the 6th century, writing the History of the Wars, the Buildings, and the Secret History.

Frankish King

Gildas (English pronunciation: , Breton: Gweltaz; ) – also known as , (in Middle Welsh texts and antiquarian works) and (Gildas the Wise) – was a 6th-century British monk best known for his religious polemic , which recounts the history of the Britons before and during the coming of the Saxons. He is one of the best-documented figures of the Christian church in the British Isles during the sub-Roman period, and was renowned for his Biblical knowledge and literary style. In his later life, he emigrated to Brittany, where he founded a monastery known as Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys.

Amalaric (; Spanish and Portuguese: Amalarico; 502–531) was king of the Visigoths from 522 until his assassination. He was a son of king Alaric II and his first wife Theodegotha, daughter of Theodoric the Great.

Non-Chalcedonian Bishop of Edessa

Patriarch of Constantinople

Byzantine historian

500-543

daughter of King Clovis I of the Franks and Queen Clotilde; wife of the Visigothic King Amalaric

Welsh bishop and saint

Emperor of Vạn Xuân from 544 to 548

Northern Wei Emperor

Northern Wei general

550-

ajaw of Tikal