Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 276 BC?

25 of the people we track were surely alive in 276 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. Archimedes9–14
  2. Ashoka28–29
  3. Epicurus66–67
  4. Eratosthenes0–1
  5. Zeno of Citium56–61
  6. Pyrrhus of Epirus42
  7. Aristarchus of Samos32–37
  8. Han Fei2–7
  9. Ptolemy II Philadelphus32
  10. Pharnavaz I50
  11. Apollonius of Rhodes14–20
  12. Livius Andronicus1–6
  13. Chrysippus5–6
  14. Ptolemy III Euergetes8
  15. Bindusara44
  16. Antiochus I Soter47–49
  17. Li Si4
  18. Cleanthes55–56
  19. Aratus37–41
  20. Antiochus II Theos10–11
  21. Arsinoe II40–41
  22. Arcesilaus39
  23. Hiero II of Syracuse32
  24. Ctesibius5–10
  25. Strato of Lampsacus57–61

Where the people alive in 276 BC were born

The 25 best known of those alive in 276 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (24 of 25 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list