| We do of Socrates, but Wikipedia doesn't show any of Pythagoras - the very earliest writings they specify a date for (Alexander Polyhistor) are about 600 years after the death of Pythagoras.
In fact, Wikipedia claims that no writings of his exist, although there are some forgeries under his name, and some texts written by people claiming to be his followers.
Texts about the life of Jesus, while they were indeed written after his death, appear to have appeared in writing between about 15 years and about 60 years after his death. At least, the ones that are coherent with each other. I'm aware of no accounts of Jesus dating from the mid-second century AD.
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