Who Was Alive

Famous people born in the 6th century BC

9 people we track were born in the 6th century BC. The best known are on the timeline.

  1. Anaximenes of Miletus
  2. Xenophanes
  3. Confucius
  4. Darius I
  5. Aeschylus
  6. Xerxes I
  7. Pindar
  8. Parmenides
  9. Anaxagoras
Drag across the timeline to see who was alive in any year and the age each person reached that year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.
  1. Confucius c. 551 – c. 479 BC
  2. Aeschylus 525–456 BC
  3. Parmenides 515–510 BC – c. 470 BC
  4. Anaxagoras c. 500 – c. 428 BC
  5. Darius I 550–486 BC
  6. Pindar 517–437 BC
  7. Xenophanes 570 – c. 478 BC
  8. Xerxes I 519–465 BC
  9. Anaximenes of Miletus c. 585 BC – 530–522 BC