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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 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-
  26. 26Joshua ben Gamlaborn 50 · Religious Figures0 decades
  27. 27Ananias ben Nedebaios50-50 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  28. 28Silvanus of the Seventyborn 50 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  29. 29Eumachia50-100 · Religious Figures3 decades
  30. 30Saint Maridied 101 · Syria · Religious Figures0 decades
  31. 31Gaius of Ephesusdied 100 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  32. 32Saint Marcian of Syracuse50-68 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  33. 33Hermes of Philippopolisdied 100 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  34. 34Perfectus1-850 · Religious Figures0 decades
  35. 35Jesus son of Damneusborn 50 · Religious Figures0 decades
  36. 36Hermas of Dalmatiadied 100 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  37. 37Phlegon of Marathonborn 50 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  38. 38Torquatus of Acci50-100 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  39. 39Saint Ovidius50-135 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  40. 40Euphrasius of Illiturgis50-100 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  41. 41Gaius Julius Silanusborn 50 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  42. 42Romulus of Fiesoledied 100 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  43. 43Lucius Junius Silanus Torquatus50-65 · Religious Figures0 decades
  44. 44Tertius of Iconiumdied 100 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  45. 45Jonathan ben Ananusdied 58 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  46. 46Mattathias ben Theophilus IIdied 66 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  47. 47Clateusdied 64 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  48. 48Saint Libertine1-200 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  49. 49Marcus Arruntius Aquilaborn 50 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  50. 50Marcus Herennius Faustusborn 50 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  51. 51Clement of Sardicedied 100 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  52. 52Matthias6-70 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  53. 53Tiberius Julius Candidus Capitoborn 50 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  54. 54Mark of Apolloniasdied 100 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  55. 55Gaius Vitorius Hosidius Geta1-101 · Religious Figuresnot 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.