270s BC deaths

Bindusara () was the second Mauryan emperor of Magadha in Ancient India. The ancient Greco-Roman writers called him Amitrochates, a name likely derived from his Sanskrit title Amitraghāta ("slayer of enemies").

Pyrrho of Elis (; ; ) was a Greek philosopher of Classical antiquity, credited as being the first Greek skeptic philosopher and founder of Pyrrhonism.

3rd-century BC Greek Epicurean philosopher

Crantor of Soli (, gen.: Κράντορος; died 276/5 BC) was an Ancient Greek philosopher and member of the Old Academy who was the first philosopher to write commentaries on the works of Plato.

4th-century BC Roman general and statesman

king of Sparta

Ancient Roman dictator

Chinese legalist theoretician (c.350–c.275 BC)

tyrant of the ancient Greek city of Cassandreia (formerly Potidaea) in the peninsula of Pallene

Nefrina ( meaning "a good thing has come to us") was a woman who lived in the town of Akhmim, Egypt, in c. 250 BC. She died c. 275 BC, possibly of complications resulting from a broken hip. She was mummified in the fashion typical of the upper class. Her father, Irethourrou, was a member of the clergy; her mother, Irty-rou, was a sistrum player of Min.