Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 237 BC?

32 of the people we track were surely alive in 237 BC. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year; a range such as 17–21 means the birth year itself is uncertain.

  1. Archimedes48–53
  2. Qin Shi Huang22–23
  3. Ashoka67–68
  4. Hannibal10
  5. Eratosthenes39–40
  6. Plautus13–14
  7. Apollonius of Perga23–28
  8. Aristarchus of Samos71–76
  9. Han Fei41–46
  10. Ennius2
  11. Emperor Gaozu of Han19–20
  12. Pharnavaz I89
  13. Apollonius of Rhodes53–59
  14. Antiochus III the Great3–8
  15. Livius Andronicus40–45
  16. Hamilcar Barca38
  17. Chrysippus44–45
  18. Ptolemy III Euergetes47
  19. Ptolemy IV Philopator7
  20. Li Si43
  21. Cleanthes94–95
  22. Gnaeus Naevius38
  23. Seleucus II Callinicus28–29
  24. Masinissa1–2
  25. Philip V of Macedon1–2
  26. Hiero II of Syracuse71
  27. Ctesibius44–49
  28. Attalus I32–33
  29. Hasdrubal Barca8–9
  30. Seleucus III Ceraunus6–7
  31. Berenice II29–30
  32. Hasdrubal the Fair33–34

Where the people alive in 237 BC were born

The 32 best known of those alive in 237 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (26 of 32 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list