Themistocles

c. 524–459 BCE

Athenian leader who built the fleet that won at Salamis.

Known as

Statesman

Category

Leaders & Baddies

Born

c. 524 BCE, Athens

Died

459 BCE, Magnesia on the Maeander

Alive at the same time as Themistocles

• Laozi c. 571–c. 471 BCE, philosopher
• Cleisthenes c. 570–c. 505 BCE, statesman
• Xenophanes c. 570–c. 478 BCE, philosopher
• Gautama Buddha c. 563–c. 483 BCE, spiritual leader
• Confucius 551–479 BCE, philosopher
• Darius the Great 550–486 BCE, king
• Leonidas I c. 540–480 BCE, king
• Heraclitus c. 535–c. 475 BCE, philosopher
• Aeschylus c. 525–c. 456 BCE, playwright
• Xerxes I c. 518–465 BCE, king
• Sophocles c. 497–c. 406 BCE, playwright
• Pericles c. 495–429 BCE, statesman

Portrait: Evald Hansen, Public domain.