661 deaths

Ali ibn Abi Talib (; ) was the fourth Rashidun caliph who ruled from until his assassination in 661, as well as the first Shia Imam. He was the cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Born to Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib and Fatima bint Asad, Ali was raised in the household of his cousin Muhammad and was among the first to accept his teachings.

The tenth wife of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad

Empress of Japan

King of the Lombards

Abū Aqīl Labīd ibn Rabīʿa ibn Mālik al-ʿĀmirī (; c. 560 – c. 661) was an Arab poet from higher Nejd and a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.

Kharijite assassin of Ali ibn Abi Talib (died 661)

Ruler of Silla

Islamic Sahaba

Female sahaba

Fourth Rashidun and first Shia Imam caliph was assassinated by a Kharijite called Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Amr ibn Muljam al-Muradi on 26 January 661, at the Great Mosque of Kufah in present-day Iraq

Arab Rashidun military commander (died 661)

Bishop of Lindisfarne; Saint

Pope of Alexandria

companion of Muhammad

brother of Ali ibn Abi Talib

Catholicoi of Armenia

Companion of Muhammad and military commander (died 661)

Cenberht () (died 661) was a king in the lands of the West Saxons.

Irish king

legendary founding father of the Pashtun people