Sima Qian
Chinese historian
Born 145–135 BC · died 87–86 BC
Who was alive at the same time as Sima Qian?
Born during Sima Qian’s lifetime: Julius Caesar, Cicero, Lucretius, Pompey and Spartacus.
Not quite contemporaries: Cleopatra was born 15 years after Sima Qian died, Cato the Elder died 3 years before Sima Qian was born, Terence died 13 years before Sima Qian was born and Mark Antony was born 3 years after Sima Qian died.