Writers
The best known writers — ranked by how many Wikipedias write about them, never more than 8 alive at once — each from birth to death, to see who was alive at the same time.
Events 159 totals
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Dec
31
-851
Homer · c. 900–c. 800 BC
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Jan
1
-775
Hesiod · 776–c. 700 BC
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Jan
1
-687
Archilochus of Paros · 688–645 BC
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Jan
1
-629
Sappho · 630–570 BC
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Jan
1
-599
Alcaeus of Mytilene · 600–560 BC
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Jan
1
-569
Anacreon · 570–485 BC
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Jan
1
-555
Simonides of Ceos · 556–468 BC
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Jan
1
-539
Epicharmus of Kos · 540–435 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
-495
Sophocles · 496–406 BC
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Sep
15
-479
Euripides · 480–407 BC
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Jan
1
-449
Aristophanes · 450–388 BC
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Jan
1
-374
Chanakya · 375–283 BC
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Dec
31
-351
Berossus · c. 400–c. 300 BC
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Dec
31
-351
Theocritus · c. 400–260 BC
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Jan
1
-342
Qu Yuan · 343–278 BC
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Jan
1
-341
Menander · 342–291 BC
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Jan
1
-319
Callimachus · 320–240 BC
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Jan
1
-314
Aratus · 315–240 BC
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Jan
1
-294
Apollonius of Rhodes · 295–215 BC
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Jan
1
-279
Livius Andronicus · 280–200 BC
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Jan
1
-274
Gnaeus Naevius · 275–201 BC
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Jan
1
-249
Plautus · 250–184 BC
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Jul
12
-238
Ennius · 239–169 BC
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