Who Was Alive in 559 BCE

4 of 492 historical figures were alive in 559 BCE

Cyrus the Great

Cyrus the GreatAge about 41

600 BCE–530 BCE · Politics & Leadership

Founder of the Achaemenid Persian Empire

Lao Tzu

Lao TzuAge about 12

571 BCE–471 BCE · Philosophy & Thought

Founder of Taoism, author of Tao Te Ching

Pythagoras

PythagorasAge about 11

570 BCE–495 BCE · Science & Invention

Pythagorean theorem, early mathematician

Gautama Buddha

Gautama BuddhaAge about 4

563 BCE–483 BCE · Philosophy & Thought

Founder of Buddhism

Sources

559 BCE — Wikipedia. Births, deaths and events of the year
Cyrus the Great — Wikipedia
Laozi — Wikipedia
Pythagoras — Wikipedia
The Buddha — Wikipedia

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