Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 300 BC?

30 of the people we track were surely alive in 300 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.

Died in 300 BC: Nearchus.

  1. Ashoka4–5
  2. Epicurus42–43
  3. Chanakya75–76
  4. Mencius70–75
  5. Theophrastus69–74
  6. Zhuang Zhou67–72
  7. Zeno of Citium32–37
  8. Chandragupta Maurya40–41
  9. Pyrrhus of Epirus18
  10. Aristarchus of Samos8–13
  11. Seleucus I Nicator58–59
  12. Ptolemy II Philadelphus8
  13. Pharnavaz I26
  14. Qu Yuan43
  15. Pytheas57–62
  16. Bindusara20
  17. Antiochus I Soter23–25
  18. Lysimachus53–61
  19. Cleanthes31–32
  20. Aratus13–17
  21. Agathocles of Syracuse61
  22. Cassander55
  23. Demetrius of Phalerum50–51
  24. Demetrius I Poliorcetes36–38
  25. Arsinoe II16–17
  26. Arcesilaus15
  27. Hiero II of Syracuse8
  28. Strato of Lampsacus33–37
  29. Herophilos35
  30. Nearchus55 or 56 †

Where the people alive in 300 BC were born

The 30 best known of those alive in 300 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (26 of 30 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list