Famous Lives
Who was alive at the same time: history's best known leaders, religious figures, explorers, thinkers, scientists, writers, composers and painters, each from birth to death in their field's color — never more than 12 at once.
Events 457 totals
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Dec
31
-646
Pittacus of Mytilene · c. 650–c. 570 BC
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Jan
1
-641
Nebuchadnezzar II · 642–561 BC
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Jan
1
-639
Thales · 640–547 BC
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Jan
1
-629
Sappho · 630–570 BC
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Jan
1
-627
Zoroaster · 628–551 BC
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Jan
1
-619
Anaximander · 620–c. 540 BC
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Jan
1
-599
Cambyses I · 600–559 BC
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Jan
1
-599
Alcaeus of Mytilene · 600–560 BC
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Jan
1
-599
Cyrus the Great · 600–530 BC
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Jan
1
-598
Mahavira · 599–527 BC
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Jan
1
-581
Pythagoras · 582–492 BC
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Jan
1
-569
Anacreon · 570–485 BC
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Apr
2
-562
The Buddha · 563–c. 500 BC
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Jan
1
-558
Cambyses II · 559–522 BC
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Oct
3
-551
Confucius · 552–479 BC
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Dec
31
-551
Tomyris · c. 600–c. 600 BC
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Jan
1
-549
Darius I · 550–486 BC
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Jan
1
-543
Sun Tzu · 544–496 BC
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Jan
1
-534
Heraclitus · 535–c. 470 BC
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Jan
1
-524
Aeschylus · 525–456 BC
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Jan
1
-521
Pindar · 522–c. 500 BC
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Jan
1
-518
Xerxes I · 519–465 BC
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Jan
1
-514
Parmenides · 515–470 BC
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Jan
1
-495
Sophocles · 496–406 BC
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Jan
1
-494
Pericles · 495–429 BC
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