Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 302 BC?

31 of the people we track were surely alive in 302 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. Ashoka2–3
  2. Epicurus40–41
  3. Chanakya73–74
  4. Mencius68–73
  5. Theophrastus67–72
  6. Zhuang Zhou65–70
  7. Zeno of Citium30–35
  8. Chandragupta Maurya38–39
  9. Pyrrhus of Epirus16
  10. Aristarchus of Samos6–11
  11. Seleucus I Nicator56–57
  12. Ptolemy II Philadelphus6
  13. Pharnavaz I24
  14. Qu Yuan41
  15. Pytheas55–60
  16. Bindusara18
  17. Antigonus I Monophthalmus80–81
  18. Antiochus I Soter21–23
  19. Lysimachus51–59
  20. Cleanthes29–30
  21. Aratus11–15
  22. Agathocles of Syracuse59
  23. Cassander53
  24. Demetrius of Phalerum48–49
  25. Demetrius I Poliorcetes34–36
  26. Arsinoe II14–15
  27. Arcesilaus13
  28. Hiero II of Syracuse6
  29. Strato of Lampsacus31–35
  30. Herophilos33
  31. Nearchus54

Where the people alive in 302 BC were born

The 31 best known of those alive in 302 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (27 of 31 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list