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Augustine of Hippo (St. Augustine), theologian, philosopher
People · 354
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Strabo
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Thucydides [Thu-sid-i-dees]
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Aristarchus of Samos
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Ctesibius (or Ktesibios or Tesibius)
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Nicholas of Myra
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- 1600s BCE · 2
- 800s BCE · 2
- 600s BCE · 11
Sappho
People · 600 BCE
Sappho, Greek poet
People · 600 BCE
Pythagoras of Samos
People · 570 BCE
Pythagoras, Greek polymath
People · 570 BCE
Pythagoras of Samos, Ionian Greek philosopher, polymath
People · 570 BCE
Siddhartha Gautama
People · 563 BCE
the Buddha, religious teacher
People · 563 BCE
Confucius, Chinese philosopher
People · 551 BCE
Confucius, Chinese philosopher, politician
People · 551 BCE
Hippasus of Metapontum
People · 530 BCE
Hippasus of Metapontum, Greek philosopher, Pythagorean
People · 530 BCE
- 500s BCE · 23
Herodotus
People · 484 BCE
Herodotus, Greek historian, geographer
People · 484 BCE
Nehemiah son of Hakaliah
People · 480 BCE
Nehemiah, governor of Persian Judea
People · 480 BCE
Phidias
People · 480 BCE
Phidias, Greek sculptor/painter/architect
People · 480 BCE
Thueydides
People · 471 BCE
Socrates
People · 470 BCE
Socrates, Greek philosopher
People · 470 BCE
Hippocrates of Kos
People · 460 BCE
Thucydides [Thu-sid-i-dees]
People · 460 BCE
Hippocrates, Greek physician
People · 460 BCE
Thucydides, Athenian historian, general
People · 460 BCE
Thueydides, Athenian historian, general
People · 460 BCE
Hippocrates of Kos, Greek physician
People · 460 BCE
Hanno the Navigator
People · 450 BCE
Hanno the Navigator, Carthaginian explorer
People · 450 BCE
Ctesias of Cnidus
People · 450 BCE
Ctesias of Cnidus, Greek physician, historian
People · 450 BCE
Plato
People · 428 BCE
Plato, Greek philosopher
People · 428 BCE
Eudoxus of Cnidus
People · 408 BCE
Eudoxus of Cnidusan, Greek astronomer, mathematician
People · 408 BCE
- 400s BCE · 10
Aristotle
People · 384 BCE
Aristotle, Greek philosopher, polymath
People · 384 BCE
Demosthenes
People · 384 BCE
Aristotle, Greek philosopher, student of Plato
People · 384 BCE
Callippus
People · 370 BCE
Callippus, Greek astronomer, mathematician
People · 370 BCE
Arsinoe of Macedon
People · 350 BCE
Arsinoe of Macedon, Macedonian noblewoman
People · 350 BCE
Aristarchus of Samos
People · 310 BCE
Aristarchus of Samos, Greek astronomer, mathematician
People · 310 BCE
- 300s BCE · 14
Euclid
People · 300 BCE
Euclid, Greek mathematician
People · 300 BCE
Archimedes of Syracuse
People · 287 BCE
Archimedes of Syracuse, Greek polymath
People · 287 BCE
Archimedes
People · 287 BCE
Archimedes, Ancient Greek mathematician, physicist
People · 287 BCE
Ctesibius (or Ktesibios or Tesibius)
People · 285 BCE
Eratosthenes of Cyrene
People · 276 BCE
Eratosthenes of Cyrene, Greek polymath
People · 276 BCE
Eratosthenes
People · 276 BCE
Eratosthenes, Ancient Greek mathematician, geographer
People · 276 BCE
Berenice II of Egypt
People · 267 BCE
Ctesibius
People · 222 BCE
Ctesibius, Greek technical writer
People · 222 BCE
- 200s BCE · 4
- 100s BCE · 16
Vitruvius
People · 80 BCE
Vitruvius, Roman architect, engineer
People · 80 BCE
Vitruvius, Roman architect/engineer
People · 80 BCE
Virgil
People · 70 BCE
Virgil, Roman poet
People · 70 BCE
Cleopatra, Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt
People · 70 BCE
Cleopatra
People · 69 BCE
Cleopatra, Queen of Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt
People · 69 BCE
Strabo
People · 64 BCE
Strabo, Greek geographer, philosopher, historian
People · 64 BCE
Publius Ovidius Naso
People · 43 BCE
Ovid, Roman poet
People · 43 BCE
Vitruvius, Roman technical writer
People · 15 BCE
Jesus Christ of Nazareth
People · 4 BCE
Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger
People · 4 BCE
Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher
People · 4 BCE
- 0s · 24
Hero of Alexandria
People · 10
Hero of Alexandria, Greco-Roman mathematician, engineer
People · 10
Gaius Plinius Secundus
People · 23
Pliny the Elder, Roman author, naturalist
People · 23
Flavius Josephus
People · 37
Flavius Josephus, Jewish historian
People · 37
Josephus, Jewish historian
People · 37
Lucan
People · 39
Lucan, Roman poet
People · 39
Boudica, Queen of the Iceni
People · 50
Publius Cornelius Tacitus
People · 55
Tacitus, Roman historian, politician
People · 55
Pliny the Younger
People · 61
Pliny the Younger, Roman lawyer, author, magistrate
People · 61
Polycarp, Christian bishop of Smyrna
People · 69
Zhang Heng of China
People · 78
Polycarp
People · 80
Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna
People · 80
Marcion of Sinope
People · 85
Marcion of Sinope, Christian theologian
People · 85
Claudius Ptolemy
People · 90
Claudius Ptolemy, Alexandrian polymath
People · 90
Ptolemy, Alexandrian polymath
People · 90
Ptolemy
People · 90
- 100s · 14
Galen of Pergamon
People · 129
Galen
People · 129
Galen of Pergamon, Roman-Greek physician, surgeon, philosopher
People · 129
Galen, Greek-Roman physician, surgeon, philosopher
People · 129
Irenaeus
People · 130
Irenaeus, Greek bishop
People · 130
Tertullian
People · 155
Tertullian, early Christian author
People · 155
Lucius Cassius Dio
People · 165
Lucius Cassius Dio, Roman historian
People · 165
Claudius Aelianus (Aelian)
People · 175
Claudius Aelianus (Aelian), Roman author, teacher
People · 175
Origen of Alexandria
People · 185
Origen of Alexandria, early Christian scholar, ascetic, theologian
People · 185
- 200s · 6
- 300s · 18
Faxian
People · 337
Faxian, Chinese Buddhist monk, translator, author
People · 337
Jerome of Stridon
People · 342
Jerome of Stridon, Christian priest, translator, historian
People · 342
John Chrysostom
People · 347
John Chrysostom, archbishop of Constantinople
People · 347
Jerome
People · 347
Jerome, early Christian priest, historian
People · 347
Augustine of Hippo
People · 354
Augustine of Hippo (St. Augustine), theologian, philosopher
People · 354
Saint Augustine, theologian, philosopher
People · 354
Augustine of Hippo, theologian, philosopher
People · 354
Augustine of Hippo (St. Augustine), theologian/philosopher
People · 354
Paulus Orosius
People · 375
Paulus Orosius, Roman priest, historian, theologian
People · 375
Germanus of Auxerre
People · 378
Germanus of Auxerre (Saint Germain), Roman clergyman
People · 378
Saint Patrick
People · 385
- 400s · 8
Plato, Greek philosopher, student of Socrates
People · 427
Dionysius Exiguus
People · 470
Dionysius Exiguus, Eastern Roman monk
People · 470
Dionysius Exiguus, Eastern Roman monk
People · 470
Aryabhata
People · 476
Aryabhata, Indian mathematician, astronomer
People · 476
Benedict of Nursia
People · 480
Saint Benedict, Italian Christian monk, writer, theologian
People · 480
