Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 295 BC?

27 of the people we track were surely alive in 295 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. Ashoka9–10
  2. Epicurus47–48
  3. Chanakya80–81
  4. Mencius75–80
  5. Theophrastus74–79
  6. Zhuang Zhou72–77
  7. Zeno of Citium37–42
  8. Pyrrhus of Epirus23
  9. Aristarchus of Samos13–18
  10. Seleucus I Nicator63–64
  11. Ptolemy II Philadelphus13
  12. Pharnavaz I31
  13. Qu Yuan48
  14. Pytheas62–67
  15. Bindusara25
  16. Antiochus I Soter28–30
  17. Lysimachus58–66
  18. Cleanthes36–37
  19. Aratus18–22
  20. Agathocles of Syracuse66
  21. Demetrius of Phalerum55–56
  22. Demetrius I Poliorcetes41–43
  23. Arsinoe II21–22
  24. Arcesilaus20
  25. Hiero II of Syracuse13
  26. Strato of Lampsacus38–42
  27. Herophilos40

Where the people alive in 295 BC were born

The 27 best known of those alive in 295 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (24 of 27 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list