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The 1st century

Whose working lives fell in the 1st century. Books are measured from 1800 and readers from 2015, so for this period we can say who lived then, not who was talked about then.

Lived then

The most notable people whose working lives fell in the 1st century, ranked where Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.

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FieldAllPoliticiansHistorical FiguresReligious FiguresWritersAcademicsDoctorsScientistsModelsBusiness ProfessionalsArchitects
  1. 1ArminiusArminius17 BC–21 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  2. 2SalomeSalome14–62 · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  3. 3Poppaea SabinaPoppaea Sabina30–65 · 🇮🇹 Italy · Historical Figures0 decades
  4. 4BereniceBerenice28–80 · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  5. 5Agrippa PostumusAgrippa Postumus12 BC–14 · 🇮🇹 Italy · Historical Figures0 decades
  6. 6Milonia CaesoniaMilonia Caesonia24–41 · Historical Figures0 decades
  7. 7Abgar VAbgar V1 BC–50 · Historical Figures0 decades
  8. 8Emperor Guangwu of HanEmperor Guangwu of Han5 BC–57 · 🇨🇳 China · Historical Figures0 decades
  9. 9Philip the TetrarchPhilip the Tetrarch20 BC–34 · Historical Figures1 decades
  10. 10Tiridates I of ArmeniaTiridates I of Armeniadied 88 · Historical Figures0 decades
  11. 11Vologases I of ParthiaVologases I of Parthia25–78 · Historical Figures0 decades
  12. 12Ban ChaoBan Chao32–102 · Historical Figures0 decades
  13. 13PPrasutagus50–60 · Historical Figures9 decades
  14. 14Osroes I of ParthiaOsroes I of Parthia50–129 · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  15. 15DrusillaDrusilla38–79 · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  16. 16Antiochus IV of CommageneAntiochus IV of Commagene50–100 · Historical Figures0 decades
  17. 17Emperor Ming of HanEmperor Ming of Han28–75 · Historical Figures0 decades
  18. 18Herod of ChalcisHerod of Chalcis1 BC–48 · Historical Figures0 decades
  19. 19MMinjungdied 48 · Historical Figures4 decades
  20. 20Heo Hwang-okHeo Hwang-okborn 33 · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  21. 21Pacorus IIPacorus II50–105 · Historical Figures0 decades
  22. 22Artaxias IIIArtaxias III13 BC–34 · Historical Figures0 decades
  23. 23Aelia PaetinaAelia Paetina8–100 · Historical Figures0 decades
  24. 24Aemilia LepidaAemilia Lepida3 BC–53 · Historical Figures0 decades
  25. 25Vonones II of ParthiaVonones II of Parthiadied 51 · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  26. 26Emperor Zhang of HanEmperor Zhang of Han57–88 · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  27. 27Emperor Gengshi of HanEmperor Gengshi of Handied 25 · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  28. 28ArriaArriadied 42 · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  29. 29Tigranes VI of ArmeniaTigranes VI of Armeniaborn 50 · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  30. 30RYRuzi Ying5–25 · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  31. 31Vardanes I of ParthiaVardanes I of Parthiadied 47 · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  32. 32Polemon II of PontusPolemon II of Pontus15 BC–74 · Historical Figures0 decades
  33. 33TTaejo47–165 · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  34. 34Vologases II of ParthiaVologases II of Parthia50–80 · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  35. 35Tigranes V of ArmeniaTigranes V of Armeniaborn 16 BC · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  36. 36Arrecina TertullaArrecina Tertullaborn 50 · Historical Figures0 decades
  37. 37Drusilla of MauretaniaDrusilla of Mauretania38–79 · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  38. 38MOMithridates of Armeniadied 51 · Historical Figures0 decades
  39. 39TTogodumnusdied 43 · Historical Figures4 decades
  40. 40VericaVerica1 BC–99 · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  41. 41SOSohaemus of Emesaborn 50 · Historical Figures0 decades
  42. 42AIArshak II of Iberia1 BC–1 · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  43. 43GGiru50–128 · Historical Figures0 decades
  44. 44Tiberius Julius MithridatesTiberius Julius Mithridates1–68 · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  45. 45Izates bar MonobazIzates bar Monobaz1–55 · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  46. 46Vardanes II of ParthiaVardanes II of Parthiadied 58 · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  47. 47Malichus IIMalichus IIdied 100 · Historical Figures0 decades
  48. 48BYBan Yong50–150 · Historical Figures0 decades
  49. 49Tiberius Julius Rhescuporis ITiberius Julius Rhescuporis Idied 90 · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  50. 50AIArtavasdes IV20 BC–5 · Historical Figures0 decades
  51. 51RIRhoemetalces IIdied 38 · Historical Figures0 decades
  52. 52SISampsiceramus IIdied 42 · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  53. 53Julia IotapaJulia Iotapa10–70 · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  54. 54GJGaius Julius Azizus50–54 · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  55. 55AAntedios1 BC–1 · Historical Figures0 decades
  56. 56MIMonobaz IIborn 50 · Historical Figures0 decades
  57. 57AVAbgar VI50–116 · Historical Figures0 decades
  58. 58SOSivali of Anuradhapuradied 93 · Historical Figuresnot measured—

How this is measured

  • Placing people in time. Each person belongs to the century in which they were most active — around age 35, and never after their death.
  • Who ranks highest. Within a century, people are ranked where two independent signals agree: how many of the world’s Wikipedia language editions cover them, and how many people actually read about them. Article counts alone can be lifted by a person’s own circle; readers cannot.
  • Fame in print. The curves count how often a name appears in Google Books from 1800 to 2019, as a share of all the words printed each year, in the person’s own language wherever that corpus exists. Those decades are over, so each measurement is made once and kept.
  • What is left out. A lifetime is measured only from 1820, when there is enough print to judge; the five years after a death are skipped as obituaries; and a name shared with someone equally notable is credited to neither.