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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Jan
1
-322
Euclid · 323–285 BC
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Aug
1
-322
Alexandros IV of Macedon · 323–309 BC
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Jan
1
-317
Pyrrhus · 318–272 BC
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Jan
1
-312
Xunzi · 313–c. 230 BC
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Jan
1
-309
Aristarchus of Samos · 310–230 BC
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Jan
1
-307
Ptolemy II Philadelphus · 308–246 BC
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Jan
1
-303
Ashoka · 304–232 BC
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Jan
1
-294
Apollonius of Rhodes · 295–215 BC
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Jan
1
-286
Archimedes · 287–211 BC
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Jan
1
-275
Eratosthenes · 276–194 BC
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Jan
1
-261
Apollonius of Perga · 262–170 BC
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Jan
1
-258
Qin Shi Huang · 259–210 BC
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Jan
1
-249
Plautus · 250–184 BC
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Jan
1
-246
Hannibal · 247–183 BC
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Jul
12
-238
Ennius · 239–169 BC
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Jan
1
-234
Cato the Elder · 235–147 BC
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Oct
5
-209
Ptolemy V Epiphanes · 210–180 BC
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Jan
1
-189
Hipparchus · 190–120 BC
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Jan
1
-184
Scipio Aemilianus · 185–129 BC
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Jan
1
-184
Terence · 185–159 BC
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Jan
1
-169
Lucius Accius · 170–85 BC
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Jan
1
-157
Gaius Marius · 158–86 BC
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Dec
31
-151
Aglaonike · c. 200–c. 100 BC
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Jan
1
-137
Sulla · 138–78 BC
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Jan
1
-134
Posidonius · 135–51 BC
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