Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 305 BC?

32 of the people we track were surely alive in 305 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. Epicurus37–38
  2. Chanakya70–71
  3. Mencius65–70
  4. Theophrastus64–69
  5. Zhuang Zhou62–67
  6. Zeno of Citium27–32
  7. Chandragupta Maurya35–36
  8. Pyrrhus of Epirus13
  9. Aristarchus of Samos3–8
  10. Seleucus I Nicator53–54
  11. Ptolemy II Philadelphus3
  12. Pharnavaz I21
  13. Qu Yuan38
  14. Pytheas52–57
  15. Bindusara15
  16. Antigonus I Monophthalmus77–78
  17. Antiochus I Soter18–20
  18. Lysippos83–88
  19. Lysimachus48–56
  20. Cleanthes26–27
  21. Aratus8–12
  22. Aristoxenus53–58
  23. Agathocles of Syracuse56
  24. Cassander50
  25. Demetrius of Phalerum45–46
  26. Demetrius I Poliorcetes31–33
  27. Arsinoe II11–12
  28. Arcesilaus10
  29. Hiero II of Syracuse3
  30. Strato of Lampsacus28–32
  31. Herophilos30
  32. Nearchus51

Where the people alive in 305 BC were born

The 32 best known of those alive in 305 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (28 of 32 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list