← Fame through time1-99
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 coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Arminiusnot measured- - 2
Salomenot measured- - 3
Poppaea Sabina0 decades - 4
Emperor Guangwu of Han0 decades - 5
Agrippa Postumus0 decades - 6
Abgar V0 decades - 7
Milonia Caesonia0 decades - 8
Philip the Tetrarch1 decades - 9
Berenicenot measured- - 10Prasutagus9 decades
- 11
Emperor Ming of Han0 decades - 12
Tiridates I of Armenia0 decades - 13
Vologases I of Parthia0 decades - 14
Emperor Zhang of Hannot measured- - 15
Ban Chao0 decades - 16
Emperor Gengshi of Hannot measured- - 17Ruzi Yingnot measured-
- 18
Pacorus II0 decades - 19
Drusillanot measured- - 20
Vonones II of Parthianot measured- - 21
Heo Hwang-oknot measured- - 22
Osroes I of Parthianot measured- - 23
Aelia Paetina0 decades - 24
Polemon II of Pontus0 decades - 25
Herod of Chalcis0 decades - 26
Aemilia Lepida0 decades - 27
Antiochus IV of Commagene0 decades - 28
Vardanes I of Parthianot measured- - 29
Tigranes VI of Armenianot measured- - 30Taejonot measured-
- 31Minjungnot measured-
- 32
Tigranes V of Armenianot measured- - 33
Arrianot measured- - 34
Artaxias III0 decades - 35Togodumnusnot measured-
- 36Mithridates of Armenia0 decades
- 37
Arrecina Tertulla0 decades - 38
Vologases II of Parthianot measured- - 39Sohaemus of Emesa0 decades
- 40
Tiberius Julius Mithridatesnot measured- - 41Artavasdes IV0 decades
- 42
Drusilla of Mauretanianot measured- - 43
Vericanot measured- - 44
Vardanes II of Parthianot measured- - 45Arshak II of Iberianot measured-
- 46
Izates bar Monobaznot measured- - 47
Malichus II0 decades - 48
Tiberius Julius Rhescuporis Inot measured- - 49Ban Yong0 decades
- 50Rhoemetalces II0 decades
- 51Giru0 decades
- 52
Julia Iotapanot measured- - 53Sampsiceramus IInot measured-
- 54Cotys IIInot measured-
- 55Monobaz II0 decades
- 56Antedios0 decades
- 57Sivali of Anuradhapuranot measured-
- 58Gaius Julius Alexionnot measured-
- 59Abgar VI0 decades
- 60Gaius Julius Azizusnot measured-
- 61Pacorus of Media Atropatenenot measured-
- 62Symachonot measured-
How to read these rankings
- Attention, not reputation. A place on these lists reflects the attention a person still draws in the public record. It is not a judgement on the life.
- Fame in print. The curves show how often a name appeared in the books of each decade from 1800 to 2019, drawn from the Google Books Ngram corpus.
- Gaps are left as gaps. Where the record is too thin to be fair, we would rather show nothing than guess.