Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 301 BC?

30 of the people we track were surely alive in 301 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. Ashoka3–4
  2. Epicurus41–42
  3. Chanakya74–75
  4. Mencius69–74
  5. Theophrastus68–73
  6. Zhuang Zhou66–71
  7. Zeno of Citium31–36
  8. Chandragupta Maurya39–40
  9. Pyrrhus of Epirus17
  10. Aristarchus of Samos7–12
  11. Seleucus I Nicator57–58
  12. Ptolemy II Philadelphus7
  13. Pharnavaz I25
  14. Qu Yuan42
  15. Pytheas56–61
  16. Bindusara19
  17. Antiochus I Soter22–24
  18. Lysimachus52–60
  19. Cleanthes30–31
  20. Aratus12–16
  21. Agathocles of Syracuse60
  22. Cassander54
  23. Demetrius of Phalerum49–50
  24. Demetrius I Poliorcetes35–37
  25. Arsinoe II15–16
  26. Arcesilaus14
  27. Hiero II of Syracuse7
  28. Strato of Lampsacus32–36
  29. Herophilos34
  30. Nearchus55

Where the people alive in 301 BC were born

The 30 best known of those alive in 301 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (26 of 30 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list