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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Sep
15
-479
Euripides · 480–407 BC
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Jan
1
-469
Socrates · 470–399 BC
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Jan
1
-459
Hippocrates · 460–370 BC
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Dec
31
-456
Thucydides · c. 460–395 BC
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Dec
31
-456
Democritus · c. 460–c. 360 BC
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Dec
31
-451
Leucippus · c. 500–c. 500 BC
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Dec
31
-451
Artaxerxes I · c. 500–424 BC
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Dec
31
-451
Hanno the Navigator · c. 500–c. 500 BC
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Jan
1
-450
Alcibiades · 451–404 BC
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Jan
1
-449
Aristophanes · 450–388 BC
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Jan
1
-429
Xenophon · 430–354 BC
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May
16
-428
Plato · 429–c. 350 BC
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Jan
1
-417
Epaminondas · 418–362 BC
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Jan
1
-407
Eudoxus of Cnidus · 408–355 BC
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Jan
1
-383
Aristotle · 384–322 BC
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Jan
1
-383
Demosthenes · 384–322 BC
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Jan
1
-382
Philip II of Macedon · 383–336 BC
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Jan
1
-374
Chanakya · 375–283 BC
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Jan
1
-369
Apelles · 370–306 BC
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Jul
15
-355
Alexander the Great · 356–323 BC
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Dec
31
-351
Theocritus · c. 400–260 BC
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Jan
1
-341
Menander · 342–291 BC
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Jan
1
-341
Epicurus · 342–270 BC
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Jan
1
-339
Chandragupta Maurya · 340–297 BC
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Jan
1
-333
Zeno of Citium · 334–263 BC
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