Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 356 BC?

31 of the people we track were surely alive in 356 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 356 BC: Alexander the Great and Nearchus.

  1. Aristotle28–29
  2. Alexander the Greatborn
  3. Chanakya19–20
  4. Diogenes42–47
  5. Demosthenes28
  6. Mencius14–19
  7. Theophrastus13–18
  8. Zhuang Zhou11–16
  9. Darius III24–25
  10. Isocrates80–81
  11. Seleucus I Nicator2–3
  12. Archytas72–77
  13. Pytheas1–6
  14. Artaxerxes III69
  15. Praxiteles37–42
  16. Apelles14
  17. Xenocrates40
  18. Olympias17–21
  19. Shang Yang34–35
  20. Antigonus I Monophthalmus26–27
  21. Lysippos32–37
  22. Aeschines32–37
  23. Philip III of Macedon3
  24. Antipater41
  25. Aristoxenus2–7
  26. Agathocles of Syracuse5
  27. Perdiccas9
  28. Mausolus52–57
  29. Ephorus42–47
  30. Hephaestion0–1
  31. Nearchusborn

Where the people alive in 356 BC were born

The 31 best known of those alive in 356 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (27 of 31 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list