Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 304 BC?

33 of the people we track were surely alive in 304 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. Ashoka0–1
  2. Epicurus38–39
  3. Chanakya71–72
  4. Mencius66–71
  5. Theophrastus65–70
  6. Zhuang Zhou63–68
  7. Zeno of Citium28–33
  8. Chandragupta Maurya36–37
  9. Pyrrhus of Epirus14
  10. Aristarchus of Samos4–9
  11. Seleucus I Nicator54–55
  12. Ptolemy II Philadelphus4
  13. Pharnavaz I22
  14. Qu Yuan39
  15. Pytheas53–58
  16. Bindusara16
  17. Antigonus I Monophthalmus78–79
  18. Antiochus I Soter19–21
  19. Lysippos84–89
  20. Lysimachus49–57
  21. Cleanthes27–28
  22. Aratus9–13
  23. Aristoxenus54–59
  24. Agathocles of Syracuse57
  25. Cassander51
  26. Demetrius of Phalerum46–47
  27. Demetrius I Poliorcetes32–34
  28. Arsinoe II12–13
  29. Arcesilaus11
  30. Hiero II of Syracuse4
  31. Strato of Lampsacus29–33
  32. Herophilos31
  33. Nearchus52

Where the people alive in 304 BC were born

The 33 best known of those alive in 304 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (29 of 33 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list