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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. 1Hippocrates460 BC-370 BC · Doctors22 decades
  2. 2Suśruta600 BC-500 BC · Doctors0 decades
  3. 3Alcmaeon of Croton600 BC-500 BC · Doctors0 decades
  4. 4Herophilos335 BC-280 BC · Turkey · Doctors0 decades
  5. 5Agnodice400 BC-360 BC · Doctors1 decades
  6. 6Erasistratus305 BC-249 BC · Doctors22 decades
  7. 7Nicander250 BC-170 BC · Doctorsnot measured-
  8. 8Asclepiades of Bithynia120 BC-40 BC · Doctors0 decades
  9. 9Antonius Musa63 BC-14 · Doctors8 decades
  10. 10Democedes600 BC-500 BC · Doctors15 decades
  11. 11Metrodorus of Chios500 BC-400 BC · Doctors0 decades
  12. 12Praxagoras340 BC-300 BC · Doctorsnot measured-
  13. 13Udjahorresnetborn 600 BC · Doctors0 decades
  14. 14Acron499 BC-401 BC · Doctorsnot measured-
  15. 15Themison of Laodicea123 BC-43 BC · Doctors0 decades
  16. 16Pseudo-Marius100 BC-44 BC · Doctors0 decades
  17. 17Philistion of Locri400 BC-400 BC · Doctors0 decades
  18. 18Sextius Niger50 BC-100 · Doctors0 decades
  19. 19Eryximachus448 BC-400 BC · Doctors12 decades
  20. 20Polybus450 BC-400 BC · Doctors22 decades
  21. 21Apollonios of Kition100 BC-100 BC · Doctors0 decades
  22. 22Serapion of Alexandria300 BC-200 BC · Doctors0 decades
  23. 23Aspasia the Physicianborn 400 BC · Doctorsnot measured-
  24. 24Chunyu Yi205 BC-150 BC · Doctors0 decades
  25. 25Heraclides of Tarentum100 BC-100 BC · Doctors0 decades
  26. 26Bacchius of Tanagra300 BC-150 BC · Doctors0 decades
  27. 27Euphorbus100 BC-60 BC · Doctors18 decades
  28. 28Philinus of Cosborn 400 BC · Doctorsnot measured-
  29. 29Acumenus500 BC-460 BC · Doctors0 decades
  30. 30Euryphon480 BC-410 BC · Doctors0 decades
  31. 31Thessalusborn 450 BC · Doctorsnot measured-
  32. 32Acesiasdied 300 BC · Doctorsnot measured-
  33. 33Ammonius Lithotomos300 BC-300 BC · Doctorsnot measured-
  34. 34Chrysippus of Cnidosborn 380 BC · Doctors0 decades
  35. 35Nicias of Miletusborn 350 BC · Doctorsnot measured-
  36. 36Mnesitheus400 BC-400 BC · Doctors0 decades
  37. 37Zeuxis of Tarentum300 BC-260 BC · Doctorsnot 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.