Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 320 BC?

32 of the people we track were surely alive in 320 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.

Born in 320 BC: Bindusara.

  1. Epicurus22–23
  2. Chanakya55–56
  3. Mencius50–55
  4. Theophrastus49–54
  5. Zhuang Zhou47–52
  6. Zeno of Citium12–17
  7. Chandragupta Maurya20–21
  8. Seleucus I Nicator38–39
  9. Pharnavaz I6
  10. Qu Yuan23
  11. Pytheas37–42
  12. Roxana25–27
  13. Apelles50
  14. Alexander IV of Macedon3
  15. Bindusaraborn
  16. Xenocrates76
  17. Olympias53–57
  18. Antigonus I Monophthalmus62–63
  19. Antiochus I Soter3–5
  20. Lysippos68–73
  21. Lysimachus33–41
  22. Cleanthes11–12
  23. Philip III of Macedon39
  24. Antipater77
  25. Aristoxenus38–43
  26. Agathocles of Syracuse41
  27. Cassander35
  28. Demetrius of Phalerum30–31
  29. Demetrius I Poliorcetes16–18
  30. Strato of Lampsacus13–17
  31. Herophilos15
  32. Nearchus36

Where the people alive in 320 BC were born

The 32 best known of those alive in 320 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (27 of 32 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list