Pythagoras
582 BC–490 BC
Greek philosopher and mathematician (c. 570 – c. 495 BC)
writer · politician · mathematician
Born in Samos
Contemporaries
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- Confucius (550 BC–478 BC)
- Laozi (579 BC–500 BC)
- Aesop (619 BC–563 BC)
- Sun Tzu (543 BC–495 BC)
- Thales (624 BC–545 BC)
- Aeschylus (524 BC–455 BC)
- Cyrus the Great (599 BC–529 BC)
- Heraclitus (534 BC–470 BC)