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← 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. 1Jesus5 BC-30 · Religious Figures22 decades
  2. 2Saint Peter1 BC-65 · Israel · Religious Figures22 decades
  3. 3Mary, mother of Jesus18 BC-48 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  4. 4John the Baptist6 BC-30 · Israel · Religious Figures22 decades
  5. 5Matthew the Apostle10-74 · Israel · Religious Figures11 decades
  6. 6Thomas the Apostle1-72 · Israel · Religious Figures22 decades
  7. 7Jude the Apostle10-62 · Religious Figures0 decades
  8. 8Pope Linus10-79 · Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  9. 9Mark the Evangelist12-68 · Israel · Religious Figures14 decades
  10. 10Saint Stephen1-36 · Religious Figures7 decades
  11. 11James, son of Zebedee1-44 · Israel · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  12. 12Pope Anacletus25-90 · Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  13. 13Barnabas1-61 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  14. 14Pope Sixtus I42-126 · Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  15. 15Saint Timothy17-97 · Turkey · Religious Figures0 decades
  16. 16Saint Veronica1-1 · Israel · Religious Figures0 decades
  17. 17Simon Magus50-65 · Religious Figures22 decades
  18. 18Penitent thiefdied 33 · Religious Figures0 decades
  19. 19Zacchaeus50-100 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  20. 20Papias of Hierapolis60-150 · Religious Figures0 decades
  21. 21Saint Titus13-107 · Religious Figures0 decades
  22. 22Andronicus of Pannonia50-100 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  23. 23Crescensdied 100 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  24. 24Pancras of Taormina1-40 · Religious Figures0 decades
  25. 25Epenetus of Carthage1-100 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
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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.