Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 291 BC?

25 of the people we track were surely alive in 291 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. Ashoka13–14
  2. Epicurus51–52
  3. Chanakya84–85
  4. Theophrastus78–83
  5. Zhuang Zhou76–81
  6. Zeno of Citium41–46
  7. Pyrrhus of Epirus27
  8. Aristarchus of Samos17–22
  9. Seleucus I Nicator67–68
  10. Ptolemy II Philadelphus17
  11. Pharnavaz I35
  12. Qu Yuan52
  13. Bindusara29
  14. Antiochus I Soter32–34
  15. Lysimachus62–70
  16. Cleanthes40–41
  17. Aratus22–26
  18. Agathocles of Syracuse70
  19. Demetrius of Phalerum59–60
  20. Demetrius I Poliorcetes45–47
  21. Arsinoe II25–26
  22. Arcesilaus24
  23. Hiero II of Syracuse17
  24. Strato of Lampsacus42–46
  25. Herophilos44

Where the people alive in 291 BC were born

The 25 best known of those alive in 291 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (23 of 25 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list