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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. 1Phidias500 BC-430 BC · Artists22 decades
  2. 2Praxiteles395 BC-330 BC · Artists22 decades
  3. 3Apelles370 BC-306 BC · Turkey · Artists22 decades
  4. 4Myron500 BC-500 BC · Artistsnot measured-
  5. 5Polykleitos490 BC-420 BC · Artistsnot measured-
  6. 6Lysippos390 BC-300 BC · Artists13 decades
  7. 7Scopas395 BC-350 BC · Artists22 decades
  8. 8Leochares400 BC-400 BC · Artists16 decades
  9. 9Polygnotus of Thasos500 BC-500 BC · Artists0 decades
  10. 10Chares of Lindos400 BC-280 BC · Artists0 decades
  11. 11Zeuxis500 BC-400 BC · Italy · Artists22 decades
  12. 12Cresilas480 BC-410 BC · Artists0 decades
  13. 13Parrhasius500 BC-460 BC · Artists21 decades
  14. 14Alcamenes500 BC-400 BC · Artists15 decades
  15. 15Iaiaborn 100 BC · Artistsnot measured-
  16. 16Achilles Painter500 BC-425 BC · Artists0 decades
  17. 17Apollodorus500 BC-460 BC · Artistsnot measured-
  18. 18Timarete420 BC-400 BC · Artists0 decades
  19. 19Antenorborn 600 BC · Artistsnot measured-
  20. 20Bryaxis400 BC-360 BC · Artists8 decades
  21. 21Alexandros of Antioch200 BC-100 BC · Artists0 decades
  22. 22Philoxenus of Eretria400 BC-360 BC · Artists0 decades
  23. 23Cephisodotus the Elder500 BC-400 BC · Artists0 decades
  24. 24Silanion400 BC-360 BC · Artists1 decades
  25. 25Agatharchus500 BC-460 BC · Artists6 decades
  26. 26Timanthes500 BC-400 BC · Artists11 decades
  27. 27Andokides painterborn 600 BC · Artists0 decades
  28. 28Vulca600 BC-600 · Artists1 decades
  29. 29Paeonius500 BC-460 BC · Artistsnot measured-
  30. 30Polykleitos the Younger400 BC-360 BC · Greece · Artists0 decades
  31. 31Protogenes400 BC-360 BC · Artistsnot measured-
  32. 32Theodorus of Samosborn 550 BC · Greece · Artists0 decades
  33. 33Ageladas600 BC-500 BC · Artists6 decades
  34. 34Critius600 BC-500 BC · Artists0 decades
  35. 35Calamis500 BC-460 BC · Artists12 decades
  36. 36Timotheos400 BC-340 BC · Artistsnot measured-
  37. 37Pasiteles200 BC-100 BC · Artists3 decades
  38. 38Agoracritus500 BC-500 BC · Artists10 decades
  39. 39Eireneborn 200 BC · Artistsnot measured-
  40. 40Echiondied 400 BC · Artistsnot measured-
  41. 41Micon500 BC-500 BC · Artists19 decades
  42. 42Aristidis of Thebes II400 BC-360 BC · Artistsnot measured-
  43. 43Boethus300 BC-200 BC · Artistsnot measured-
  44. 44Apollonius of Tralles200 BC-160 BC · Artists0 decades
  45. 45Rhoecus700 BC-600 BC · Greece · Artists13 decades
  46. 46Sophroniscus500 BC-500 BC · Artists10 decades
  47. 47Athanadoros100 BC-100 BC · Artists0 decades
  48. 48Anaxandraborn 201 BC · Artists0 decades
  49. 49Darius Painterborn 400 BC · Artists0 decades
  50. 50Onatas550 BC-500 BC · Artists7 decades
  51. 51Eutychides400 BC-300 BC · Artists0 decades
  52. 52Sappho Painterborn 550 BC · Artists0 decades
  53. 53Eupompus450 BC-400 BC · Artists6 decades
  54. 54Canachusborn 600 BC · Artistsnot measured-
  55. 55Cephisodotus the Younger400 BC-300 BC · Artists0 decades
  56. 56Archermus600 BC-600 BC · Artists0 decades
  57. 57Phintias600 BC-501 BC · Artistsnot measured-
  58. 58Polymedes of Argosborn 550 BC · Artists0 decades
  59. 59Satyros of Parosborn 400 BC · Greece · Artistsnot measured-
  60. 60Analatos Painter800 BC-700 BC · Artists0 decades
  61. 61Kleophon Painter500 BC-401 BC · Artists0 decades
  62. 62Apollonius of Athens100 BC-100 BC · Artists0 decades
  63. 63Triptolemos Painter600 BC-500 BC · Artists0 decades
  64. 64Bathycles of Magnesia600 BC-560 BC · Artists0 decades
  65. 65Glaucus of Chios800 BC-700 BC · Artists0 decades
  66. 66Naukydes of Argos500 BC-460 BC · Artists0 decades
  67. 67Pythonborn 350 BC · Artistsnot measured-
  68. 68Aglaophon600 BC-500 BC · Artists4 decades
  69. 69Baltimore Painter400 BC-301 BC · Artists0 decades
  70. 70Agasias200 BC-100 BC · Artistsnot measured-
  71. 71Calypsoborn 250 BC · Artistsnot measured-
  72. 72Xenokrates of Sicyonborn 250 BC · Artistsnot measured-
  73. 73Gnosisborn 350 BC · Artists20 decades
  74. 74Aristareteborn 550 BC · Artists0 decades
  75. 75Hegias of Athens1000 BC-500 BC · Artists0 decades
  76. 76Smilisborn 550 BC · Artists2 decades
  77. 77Diosphos Painter550 BC-500 BC · Artists0 decades
  78. 78Antiphilus400 BC-360 BC · Artistsnot measured-
  79. 79Clearchus of Rhegium550 BC-500 BC · Artists0 decades
  80. 80Codrus Painterborn 500 BC · Artists0 decades
  81. 81Timomachusdied 100 BC · Artistsnot measured-
  82. 82Phradmon500 BC-460 BC · Artists0 decades
  83. 83Polydoros200 BC-200 BC · Artists2 decades
  84. 84Agasias of Ephesus50 BC-50 BC · Artists0 decades
  85. 85Theon of Samosdied 400 BC · Artists0 decades
  86. 86Glycon of Athens100 BC-60 BC · Artists0 decades
  87. 87Aristion of Parosborn 550 BC · Artists0 decades
  88. 88Meleager Painter400 BC-301 BC · Artists0 decades
  89. 89Theseus Painterborn 550 BC · Artists0 decades
  90. 90Anaxagoras of Aegina500 BC-500 BC · Artists0 decades
  91. 91Cimon of Cleonae550 BC-500 BC · Artists0 decades
  92. 92Alypus500 BC-400 BC · Artists0 decades
  93. 93Demetrius of Alopece500 BC-400 BC · Artists0 decades
  94. 94Nealces of Sikyon300 BC-260 BC · Artistsnot measured-
  95. 95Aristoklesborn 600 BC · Artists0 decades
  96. 96Boedas400 BC-360 BC · Artistsnot measured-
  97. 97Stephanus100 BC-60 BC · Artistsnot measured-
  98. 98Nikoxenos Painter600 BC-500 BC · Artistsnot measured-
  99. 99Gorgasusborn 550 BC · Artistsnot measured-
  100. 100Phyromachos250 BC-200 BC · Artists0 decades

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.