Anaximander

ancient Roman mosaic artist from the early third century AD · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Greek philosopher of the Milesian school

c. 610 BC – 546 BC · 64 years · Miletus · Middle East

A pupil of Thales. He held that all things arise from and return to the apeiron, the boundless. Ancient writers credit him with one of the first maps of the known world.

Wikipedia (Russian) · Wikipedia (English) · 6th century BC

Portrait: ancient Roman mosaic artist from the early third century AD · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Contemporaries around the world

Europe

Pythagoras — Greek philosopher and mathematician, 40 years younger
Solon — Athenian lawgiver and poet, 20 years older
Sappho — ancient Greek lyric poet, 20 years older

Middle East

Cyrus the Great — founder of the Achaemenid Empire, 10 years younger
Thales of Miletus — philosopher and mathematician, 14 years older
Nebuchadnezzar II — king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, 32 years older

Asia

Gautama Buddha — founder of Buddhism, 47 years younger
Mahavira — spiritual teacher of Jainism, 11 years younger
Laozi — Chinese sage, founder of Taoism, 39 years younger

The world in their lifetime

587 BC Destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar — aged 23, Middle East
c. 563 BC Birth of the Buddha — aged 47, Asia
551 BC Birth of Confucius — aged 59, Asia
550 BC Cyrus the Great founds the Achaemenid Empire — aged 60, Middle East
c. 550 BC Greeks found Olbia — aged 60, Europe