Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 311 BC?

32 of the people we track were surely alive in 311 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. Epicurus31–32
  2. Chanakya64–65
  3. Mencius59–64
  4. Theophrastus58–63
  5. Zhuang Zhou56–61
  6. Zeno of Citium21–26
  7. Chandragupta Maurya29–30
  8. Pyrrhus of Epirus7
  9. Seleucus I Nicator47–48
  10. Pharnavaz I15
  11. Qu Yuan32
  12. Pytheas46–51
  13. Roxana34–36
  14. Apelles59
  15. Alexander IV of Macedon12
  16. Bindusara9
  17. Antigonus I Monophthalmus71–72
  18. Antiochus I Soter12–14
  19. Lysippos77–82
  20. Lysimachus42–50
  21. Cleanthes20–21
  22. Aratus2–6
  23. Aristoxenus47–52
  24. Agathocles of Syracuse50
  25. Cassander44
  26. Demetrius of Phalerum39–40
  27. Demetrius I Poliorcetes25–27
  28. Arsinoe II5–6
  29. Arcesilaus4
  30. Strato of Lampsacus22–26
  31. Herophilos24
  32. Nearchus45

Where the people alive in 311 BC were born

The 32 best known of those alive in 311 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (28 of 32 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list