Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 344 BC?

33 of the people we track were surely alive in 344 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. Aristotle40–41
  2. Alexander the Great12
  3. Chanakya31–32
  4. Diogenes54–59
  5. Demosthenes40
  6. Mencius26–31
  7. Theophrastus25–30
  8. Zhuang Zhou23–28
  9. Darius III36–37
  10. Isocrates92–93
  11. Seleucus I Nicator14–15
  12. Pytheas13–18
  13. Artaxerxes III81
  14. Roxana1–3
  15. Praxiteles49–54
  16. Apelles26
  17. Xenocrates52
  18. Olympias29–33
  19. Shang Yang46–47
  20. Antigonus I Monophthalmus38–39
  21. Lysippos44–49
  22. Lysimachus9–17
  23. Aeschines44–49
  24. Philip III of Macedon15
  25. Antipater53
  26. Aristoxenus14–19
  27. Agathocles of Syracuse17
  28. Cassander11
  29. Demetrius of Phalerum6–7
  30. Perdiccas21
  31. Ephorus54–59
  32. Hephaestion12–13
  33. Nearchus12

Where the people alive in 344 BC were born

The 33 best known of those alive in 344 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (28 of 33 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list