3rd century BC
People born in this era
Asandhimitra
286 – 240 BC
Demetrius the Fair
285 – 250 BC
Sphaerus
285 – 221 BC
Ptolemy III Euergetes
284 – 222 BC
Ctesibius
284 – 221 BC
Publius Claudius Pulcher
283 – 246 BC
Sangamitta
282 – 203 BC
Philinus of Cos
b. 282 BC
King Zhuangxiang of Qin
281 – 247 BC
Chrysippus of Soli
281 – 208 BC
Nicomedes
280 – 210 BC
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus
280 – 216 BC
Philo of Byzantium
280 – 220 BC
Herillus
b. 280 BC
Livius Andronicus
280 – 200 BC
Jian of Qi
b. 280 BC
Queen Dowager Zhao
280 – 228 BC
Conon of Samos
280 – 220 BC
Melissa
280 – 210 BC
Li Si
280 – 208 BC
Han Fei
279 – 232 BC
Padmavati
b. 279 BC
Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Caudinus
279 – 213 BC
Titus Manlius Torquatus
279 – 202 BC
Fan Zeng
277 – 204 BC
Euphorion of Chalcis
276 – 187 BC
Eratosthenes
276 – 194 BC
Gnaeus Naevius
275 – 201 BC
Gaius Lutatius Catulus
b. 275 BC
Gaius Papirius Maso
275 – 213 BC
Hamilcar Barca
275 – 228 BC
Quintus Lutatius Cerco
274 – 236 BC
Spurius Carvilius Maximus Ruga
272 – 211 BC
Aratus of Sicyon
271 – 213 BC
Pyrrhus II of Epirus
271 – 234 BC
Quintus Fulvius Flaccus
270 – 200 BC
Antagoras of Rhodes
270 – 229 BC
Marcus Claudius Marcellus
270 – 208 BC
Laodice
270 – 240 BC
Mahinda
270 – 204 BC
Hasdrubal the Fair
270 – 221 BC
Demetrius II Aetolicus
269 – 229 BC
Attalus I
269 – 197 BC
Li Yiji
268 – 204 BC
Fu Sheng
268 – 178 BC
Berenice II
267 – 221 BC
Gelo, son of Hiero II
266 – 216 BC
Agis IV
265 – 241 BC
Seleucus II Callinicus
265 – 225 BC
Gnaeus Fulvius Centumalus
265 – 260 BC
Kunala
b. 263 BC
Marcus Atilius Regulus
263 – 216 BC
Antigonus III Doson
263 – 221 BC
Gaius Atilius Regulus
263 – 225 BC
Apollonius of Perga
262 – 190 BC
Areus II
262 – 254 BC
Zhang Liang
262 – 186 BC
Cleomenes III
260 – 219 BC
Marcus Valerius Laevinus
260 – 200 BC
Qin Shi Huang
259 – 210 BC
Aristophanes of Byzantium
257 – 180 BC
Gnaeus Servilius Geminus
257 – 216 BC
Xiao He
257 – 193 BC
Chengjiao
b. 256 BC
Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus
256 – 211 BC
Lu Wan
256 – 194 BC
Emperor Gaozu of Han
256 – 195 BC
Publius Cornelius Scipio
255 – 211 BC
Xu Fu
b. 255 BC
Phylarchus
b. 255 BC
Guafu Qing
b. 255 BC
Quintus Fabius Pictor
254 – 201 BC
Machanidas
254 – 207 BC
Marcus Livius Salinator
254 – 191 BC
Philopoemen
253 – 183 BC
Zhang Cang
253 – 152 BC
Dasaratha Maurya
252 – 224 BC
Diodotus II
252 – 220 BC
Brihadratha Maurya
252 – 180 BC
Gaius Calpurnius Piso
b. 251 BC
Sudines
b. 250 BC
Xiahou Ying
250 – 172 BC
Dexagoridas
250 – 195 BC
Basilides the Epicurean
b. 250 BC
Xenokrates of Sicyon
b. 250 BC
Gaius Licinius Varus
250 – 200 BC
Asela of Anuradhapura
250 – 205 BC
Hanno
b. 250 BC
Saurmag I of Iberia
250 – 159 BC
Nicanor the Elephant
b. 250 BC
Nicander
250 – 170 BC
Dicaearchus of Aetolia
250 – 196 BC
Teles of Megara
b. 250 BC
Sotion
250 – 170 BC
Apama III
b. 250 BC
Pseudo-Democritus
b. 250 BC
Hanno the Elder
250 – 204 BC
Leukon II of Bosporus
b. 250 BC
Li Xin
b. 250 BC
Heliodorus
250 – 175 BC