Hippocrates
c. 460 BC – 370 BC · 90 years · Kos · Europe
The 'Father of Medicine', who explained disease by natural causes rather than the gods; the physicians' oath bears his name.
Wikipedia (Russian) · Wikipedia (English) · 5th century BC
Portrait: Paulus Pontius / After Peter Paul Rubens · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Contemporaries around the world
Europe
- Socrates — Athenian philosopher, 10 years older
- Plato — ancient Greek philosopher, 32 years younger
- Aristotle — ancient Greek philosopher and scientist, 76 years younger
- Sophocles — Athenian tragic playwright, 37 years older
- Pericles — Athenian statesman, 35 years older
- Phidias — ancient Greek sculptor, 20 years older
Middle East
- Herodotus — ancient Greek historian, 24 years older
The world in their lifetime
- 447 BC–432 BC Construction of the Parthenon — aged 13, Europe
- 431 BC–404 BC Peloponnesian War — aged 29, Europe
- 430 BC–426 BC Plague of Athens — aged 30, Europe