Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 294 BC?

27 of the people we track were surely alive in 294 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. Ashoka10–11
  2. Epicurus48–49
  3. Chanakya81–82
  4. Mencius76–81
  5. Theophrastus75–80
  6. Zhuang Zhou73–78
  7. Zeno of Citium38–43
  8. Pyrrhus of Epirus24
  9. Aristarchus of Samos14–19
  10. Seleucus I Nicator64–65
  11. Ptolemy II Philadelphus14
  12. Pharnavaz I32
  13. Qu Yuan49
  14. Pytheas63–68
  15. Bindusara26
  16. Antiochus I Soter29–31
  17. Lysimachus59–67
  18. Cleanthes37–38
  19. Aratus19–23
  20. Agathocles of Syracuse67
  21. Demetrius of Phalerum56–57
  22. Demetrius I Poliorcetes42–44
  23. Arsinoe II22–23
  24. Arcesilaus21
  25. Hiero II of Syracuse14
  26. Strato of Lampsacus39–43
  27. Herophilos41

Where the people alive in 294 BC were born

The 27 best known of those alive in 294 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (24 of 27 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list