Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 338 BC?

35 of the people we track were surely alive in 338 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 338 BC: Isocrates and Artaxerxes III.

  1. Aristotle46–47
  2. Alexander the Great18
  3. Epicurus4–5
  4. Chanakya37–38
  5. Diogenes60–65
  6. Demosthenes46
  7. Mencius32–37
  8. Theophrastus31–36
  9. Zhuang Zhou29–34
  10. Chandragupta Maurya2–3
  11. Darius III42–43
  12. Isocrates97 or 98 †
  13. Seleucus I Nicator20–21
  14. Qu Yuan5
  15. Pytheas19–24
  16. Artaxerxes III86 or 87 †
  17. Roxana7–9
  18. Praxiteles55–60
  19. Apelles32
  20. Xenocrates58
  21. Olympias35–39
  22. Antigonus I Monophthalmus44–45
  23. Lysippos50–55
  24. Lysimachus15–23
  25. Aeschines50–55
  26. Philip III of Macedon21
  27. Antipater59
  28. Aristoxenus20–25
  29. Agathocles of Syracuse23
  30. Cassander17
  31. Demetrius of Phalerum12–13
  32. Perdiccas27
  33. Ephorus60–65
  34. Hephaestion18–19
  35. Nearchus18

Where the people alive in 338 BC were born

The 35 best known of those alive in 338 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (30 of 35 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list