Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 303 BC?

33 of the people we track were surely alive in 303 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. Ashoka1–2
  2. Epicurus39–40
  3. Chanakya72–73
  4. Mencius67–72
  5. Theophrastus66–71
  6. Zhuang Zhou64–69
  7. Zeno of Citium29–34
  8. Chandragupta Maurya37–38
  9. Pyrrhus of Epirus15
  10. Aristarchus of Samos5–10
  11. Seleucus I Nicator55–56
  12. Ptolemy II Philadelphus5
  13. Pharnavaz I23
  14. Qu Yuan40
  15. Pytheas54–59
  16. Bindusara17
  17. Antigonus I Monophthalmus79–80
  18. Antiochus I Soter20–22
  19. Lysippos85–90
  20. Lysimachus50–58
  21. Cleanthes28–29
  22. Aratus10–14
  23. Aristoxenus55–60
  24. Agathocles of Syracuse58
  25. Cassander52
  26. Demetrius of Phalerum47–48
  27. Demetrius I Poliorcetes33–35
  28. Arsinoe II13–14
  29. Arcesilaus12
  30. Hiero II of Syracuse5
  31. Strato of Lampsacus30–34
  32. Herophilos32
  33. Nearchus53

Where the people alive in 303 BC were born

The 33 best known of those alive in 303 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (29 of 33 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list