Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 342 BC?

35 of the people we track were surely alive in 342 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. Aristotle42–43
  2. Alexander the Great14
  3. Epicurus0–1
  4. Chanakya33–34
  5. Diogenes56–61
  6. Demosthenes42
  7. Mencius28–33
  8. Theophrastus27–32
  9. Zhuang Zhou25–30
  10. Darius III38–39
  11. Isocrates94–95
  12. Seleucus I Nicator16–17
  13. Qu Yuan1
  14. Pytheas15–20
  15. Artaxerxes III83
  16. Roxana3–5
  17. Praxiteles51–56
  18. Apelles28
  19. Xenocrates54
  20. Olympias31–35
  21. Shang Yang48–49
  22. Antigonus I Monophthalmus40–41
  23. Lysippos46–51
  24. Lysimachus11–19
  25. Aeschines46–51
  26. Philip III of Macedon17
  27. Antipater55
  28. Aristoxenus16–21
  29. Agathocles of Syracuse19
  30. Cassander13
  31. Demetrius of Phalerum8–9
  32. Perdiccas23
  33. Ephorus56–61
  34. Hephaestion14–15
  35. Nearchus14

Where the people alive in 342 BC were born

The 35 best known of those alive in 342 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (30 of 35 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list