Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 496 BC?

22 of the people we track were surely alive in 496 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. Confucius53–58
  2. Aeschylus29–30
  3. Darius the Great54
  4. Parmenides14–19
  5. Anaxagoras2–7
  6. Pindar21–22
  7. Xenophanes74–75
  8. Xerxes I23
  9. Anacreon72–77
  10. Themistocles28
  11. Pāṇini22–27
  12. Phidias2–7
  13. Simonides of Ceos60–61
  14. Theognis of Megara74
  15. Miltiades56–61
  16. Śāriputra72–73
  17. Bacchylides18–23
  18. Aristides42–47
  19. Bimbisara62
  20. Epicharmus of Cos25–46
  21. Cimon14–15
  22. Atossa54

Where the people alive in 496 BC were born

The 22 best known of those alive in 496 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (19 of 22 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list