Who is the earliest person in recorded history of whom there is irrefutable evidence?

Question

By irrefutable evidence I really mean that the vast majority of historians would agree that this person really existed.

Answer 1

Possibly King Serket of Ancient Egypt. Very little is known about him, except that he probably lived about 3100BC, but an ancient macehead with a portrait of him has survived.

Answer 2

The oldest "person" of which there is "irrefutable" proof of their existence is Lucy, the homonid skeleton found in Africa as other readers have answered. That however is not an answer to your question because Lucy did not exist in a time when there was such a concept as recorded history. It also needs mention that history as a concept is far from dealing with "irrefutable" facts but is much more about finding general consensus about our beliefs about the past.

With all that said, the answer I would propose to your question is that Adam, the first man of the western mono-theistic tradition (subscribed to by Jews, Christians, and Muslims alike), is the earliest person in recorded history. There are many that would disagree with this assertion, but on a world scale one could easily say that they are in the minority camp considering the pervasiveness of this shared tradition which comes as close to a consensus on the matter as we are going to get.

Answer 3

In recorded history? Gilgamesh. And I can probably go beyond the "vast majority of historians" on this one - I am 100% convinced that 99.9% of them would agree with me.
Of course, general agreement does not count as irrefutable proof, but now I'm just being pedantic.

Answer 4

As far as a *named* person is concerned, then it would probably have to be one of the Sumerian kings, or maybe a priest, from whom there are foundation stones or some such in the city or building walls. Off the top of my head I can't suggest a name (my books are nowhere near) but that's my (educated) guess, anyway.

Answer 5

Sargon of Akkad, or Sargon the Great (Akkadian Sharru-kin, "the true king", reigned 2334 BC - 2279 BC, short chronology), founder of the Dynasty of Akkad. Sometimes he is referred to Sargon I. He is only the third king in recorded history to have created an empire, after the Sumerians Lugal-anne-mundu and Lugal-zage-si. Sargon's vast empire is known to have extended from Elam to the Mediterranean sea, including Mesopotamia and possibly parts of Anatolia. He ruled from a new capital, Akkad, situated on the left bank of the Euphrates, between Sippar and Kish.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

In a musuem in Kenya is the skeleton of a 12-year old homo erectus female that died 1.2 million years ago. She is called "Lucy" and she was found by Dr. Leakey. She is the earliest known person.....

Answer 8

Elvis Presley

Answer 9

probably somebody on pottery that has been carbon dated back to before the etruscans or something. eg an athlete

Answer 10

nimrud would be my guess!!!from the fertile crescent of mesopotamia...modern iraq!!in vitrified clay/stoneware tablets from his treasury;which was burned in a siege!!he established certain forms of worship which were also subscribed to and were codified for all eternity on those tablets,with reference to himself,conquests,treaties and temple structures and civil building programs!!!