Who Was Alive

Were Demosthenes and Alexander the Great alive at the same time?

Yes. Demosthenes and Alexander the Great were alive at the same time for 32 years, from 356 BC to 323 BC.

Demosthenes was 27 or 28 when Alexander the Great was born.

Demosthenes was 60 or 61 when Alexander the Great died, aged 32.

Demosthenes

Classical Athenian statesman and orator

Born 384 BC · died 12 October 322 BC, aged 61 or 62

Alexander the Great

King of Macedonia and conqueror of Achaemenid Persia

Born 20 July 356 BC · died 10 June 323 BC, aged 32

  1. Hippocrates
  2. Diogenes of Sinope
  3. Aristotle
  4. Demosthenes
  5. Chanakya
  6. Alexander the Great
  7. Epicurus
Demosthenes and Alexander the Great in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries. Drag across to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.