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The 1st millennium BC

Whose working lives fell in the 1st millennium BC. 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 millennium BC, ranked where coverage and readership agree.

  1. 1Vitruvius80 BC-15 BC · Italy · Architects22 decades
  2. 2Hippodamus of Miletus498 BC-408 BC · Architects0 decades
  3. 3Callicrates470 BC-420 BC · Architects19 decades
  4. 4Ictinusborn 500 BC · Architects17 decades
  5. 5Dinocrates400 BC-360 BC · Architects11 decades
  6. 6Sostratus of Cnidus300 BC-260 BC · Architects0 decades
  7. 7Eupalinos600 BC-600 BC · Architects0 decades
  8. 8Mnesikles500 BC-460 BC · Architects0 decades
  9. 9Philon400 BC-360 BC · Architectsnot measured-
  10. 10Hermogenes of Priene240 BC-200 BC · Greece · Architects0 decades
  11. 11Metagenesborn 550 BC · Greece · Architects4 decades
  12. 12Libon500 BC-500 BC · Greece · Architects1 decades
  13. 13Hermodorus of Salamisborn 200 BC · Cyprus · Architects0 decades
  14. 14Paeonius of Ephesus420 BC-380 BC · Greece · Architects0 decades
  15. 15Heracleides of Tarentum300 BC-200 BC · Architectsnot measured-
  16. 16Epimachus of Athensborn 350 BC · Architectsnot 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.