Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 343 BC?

34 of the people we track were surely alive in 343 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 343 BC: Qu Yuan.

  1. Aristotle41–42
  2. Alexander the Great13
  3. Chanakya32–33
  4. Diogenes55–60
  5. Demosthenes41
  6. Mencius27–32
  7. Theophrastus26–31
  8. Zhuang Zhou24–29
  9. Darius III37–38
  10. Isocrates93–94
  11. Seleucus I Nicator15–16
  12. Qu Yuanborn
  13. Pytheas14–19
  14. Artaxerxes III82
  15. Roxana2–4
  16. Praxiteles50–55
  17. Apelles27
  18. Xenocrates53
  19. Olympias30–34
  20. Shang Yang47–48
  21. Antigonus I Monophthalmus39–40
  22. Lysippos45–50
  23. Lysimachus10–18
  24. Aeschines45–50
  25. Philip III of Macedon16
  26. Antipater54
  27. Aristoxenus15–20
  28. Agathocles of Syracuse18
  29. Cassander12
  30. Demetrius of Phalerum7–8
  31. Perdiccas22
  32. Ephorus55–60
  33. Hephaestion13–14
  34. Nearchus13

Where the people alive in 343 BC were born

The 34 best known of those alive in 343 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (29 of 34 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list