← 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
Caligula22 decades - 2
Trajan22 decades - 3
Claudiusnot measured- - 4
Pontius Pilate22 decades - 5
Vespasian22 decades - 6
Titusnot measured- - 7
Domitian22 decades - 8
Galba22 decades - 9
Nerva22 decades - 10
Otho22 decades - 11
Vitellius22 decades - 12
Herod Antipas22 decades - 13
Germanicus22 decades - 14
Agrippina the Younger0 decades - 15
Messalinanot measured- - 16
Agrippina the Elder0 decades - 17
Gaius Caesar9 decades - 18
Gnaeus Julius Agricola0 decades - 19
Sejanus22 decades - 20
Herod Agrippa II2 decades - 21
Drusus Julius Caesar0 decades - 22
Lucius Caesar15 decades - 23
Ptolemy of Mauretania0 decades - 24
Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo0 decades - 25
Julia the Younger0 decades - 26
Antonius Felix0 decades - 27
Tiberius Gemellus0 decades - 28
Kujula Kadphises0 decades - 29
Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus0 decades - 30
Nero Julius Caesar0 decades - 31Cassius Chaerea0 decades
- 32
Cartimandua2 decades - 33
Gaius Suetonius Paulinus0 decades - 34
Silius Italicus22 decades - 35
Aulus Plautius14 decades - 36
Herod II0 decades - 37
Lollia Paulina5 decades - 38
Drusus Caesar2 decades - 39
Naevius Sutorius Macro0 decades - 40
Amanitore0 decades - 41Lucius Junius Gallio Annaeanusnot measured-
- 42Daemusinnot measured-
- 43
Vindex22 decades - 44
Tigellinus22 decades - 45
Julia Livia0 decades - 46Gaius Calpurnius Piso0 decades
- 47
Quintus Petillius Cerialis0 decades - 48Liu Penzi0 decades
- 49
Marcus Ulpius Traianus0 decades - 50Sextus Julius Severus0 decades
- 51Ananus ben Ananus0 decades
- 52
Titus Flavius Clemens0 decades - 53
Lucius Vitellius the Eldernot measured- - 54
Lucius Flavius Silva0 decades - 55
Aristobulus of Chalcis0 decades - 56
Publius Ostorius Scapula0 decades - 57
Marcus Antonius Primus0 decades - 58
Gaius Silius0 decades - 59
Lucius Calpurnius Piso Frugi Licinianus0 decades - 60
Lucius Verginius Rufus0 decades - 61Faustus Cornelius Sulla Felix0 decades
- 62Titus Flavius Sabinus0 decades
- 63
Aulus Caecina Alienus0 decades - 64
Deng Yu0 decades - 65Rubellius Plautus4 decades
- 66Marcus Vinicius0 decades
- 67Gaius Sallustius Crispus Passienusnot measured-
- 68
Publius Aelius Hadrianus Afer0 decades - 69Marcus Valerius Messalla Barbatusnot measured-
- 70Lucius Arruntius Camillus Scribonianus0 decades
- 71
Decimus Valerius Asiaticus0 decades - 72
Lucius Julius Ursus Servianus0 decades - 73Lucius Pedanius Secundus0 decades
- 74
Lucius Licinius Sura0 decades - 75
Lucius Clodius Macer0 decades - 76
Empress Wang0 decades - 77Lucius Caesennius Paetus0 decades
- 78Appius Junius Silanus0 decades
- 79
Epaphroditos0 decades - 80Pythodorida of Pontusnot measured-
- 81
Gnaeus Cornelius Cinna Magnus0 decades - 82
Antonia Tryphaena0 decades - 83Marcus Livius Drusus Libonot measured-
- 84Publius Petronius Turpilianus0 decades
- 85
Arsaces I of Armenianot measured- - 86Gaius Avidius Nigrinusnot measured-
- 87
Quinctilius Varus Minornot measured- - 88Lucius Aelius Plautius Lamia Aelianusnot measured-
- 89Marcus Plautius Silvanus0 decades
- 90Quintus Veranius0 decades
- 91
Tiberius Julius Celsus Polemaeanus0 decades - 92Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Gaetulicus0 decades
- 93Fabius Valens7 decades
- 94Gnaeus Hosidius Geta0 decades
- 95
Lucius Salvius Otho0 decades - 96
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus0 decades - 97Titus Vinius4 decades
- 98Dositheosnot measured-
- 99Lucius Salvius Otho Titianus0 decades
- 100Aulus Cornelius Palma Frontonianusnot 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.