Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 306 BC?

33 of the people we track were surely alive in 306 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.

Died in 306 BC: Apelles.

  1. Epicurus36–37
  2. Chanakya69–70
  3. Mencius64–69
  4. Theophrastus63–68
  5. Zhuang Zhou61–66
  6. Zeno of Citium26–31
  7. Chandragupta Maurya34–35
  8. Pyrrhus of Epirus12
  9. Aristarchus of Samos2–7
  10. Seleucus I Nicator52–53
  11. Ptolemy II Philadelphus2
  12. Pharnavaz I20
  13. Qu Yuan37
  14. Pytheas51–56
  15. Apelles63 or 64 †
  16. Bindusara14
  17. Antigonus I Monophthalmus76–77
  18. Antiochus I Soter17–19
  19. Lysippos82–87
  20. Lysimachus47–55
  21. Cleanthes25–26
  22. Aratus7–11
  23. Aristoxenus52–57
  24. Agathocles of Syracuse55
  25. Cassander49
  26. Demetrius of Phalerum44–45
  27. Demetrius I Poliorcetes30–32
  28. Arsinoe II10–11
  29. Arcesilaus9
  30. Hiero II of Syracuse2
  31. Strato of Lampsacus27–31
  32. Herophilos29
  33. Nearchus50

Where the people alive in 306 BC were born

The 33 best known of those alive in 306 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (29 of 33 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list