Thales
624 BC–545 BC
ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician
philosopher
Born in Miletus
Contemporaries
People who walked the earth at the same time as Thales:
- Laozi (579 BC–500 BC)
- Pythagoras (582 BC–490 BC)
- Aesop (619 BC–563 BC)
- Cyrus the Great (599 BC–529 BC)
- Sappho (650 BC–569 BC)
- Solon (629 BC–559 BC)
- Anaximander (609 BC–545 BC)
- Xenophanes (569 BC–477 BC)