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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. 1Saint Anne55 BC-12 · Religious Figures22 decades
  2. 2Hoseaborn 784 BC · Religious Figures22 decades
  3. 3Judas Maccabeus500 BC-160 BC · Religious Figures18 decades
  4. 4Habakkuk626 BC-600 BC · Religious Figures22 decades
  5. 5Ānanda600 BC-500 BC · India · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  6. 6Amos814 BC-740 BC · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  7. 7Rāhula534 BC-500 BC · India · Religious Figures0 decades
  8. 8Haggaiborn 550 BC · Religious Figures22 decades
  9. 9John Hyrcanus200 BC-104 BC · Religious Figures22 decades
  10. 10Annas40 BC-40 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  11. 11Simon Thassi200 BC-135 BC · Religious Figures0 decades
  12. 12Devadatta600 BC-490 BC · Religious Figures16 decades
  13. 13Antigonus II Mattathias80 BC-37 BC · Religious Figures0 decades
  14. 14Coroebus of Elis800 BC-800 BC · Religious Figures0 decades
  15. 15Aristobulus III of Judea53 BC-36 BC · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  16. 16Aristobulus of Britannia50 BC-100 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  17. 17Ennigaldi-Nannaborn 550 BC · Religious Figures0 decades
  18. 18Anathapindika600 BC-500 BC · Religious Figures8 decades
  19. 19Harsiese A1000 BC-860 BC · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  20. 20Jason300 BC-200 BC · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  21. 21Hornedjitefborn 250 BC · Religious Figures0 decades
  22. 22Karomama Meritmut900 BC-900 BC · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  23. 23Simon ben Boethosborn 100 BC · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  24. 24Petosiris500 BC-500 BC · Religious Figures5 decades
  25. 25Ankh-ef-en-Khonsu i800 BC-700 BC · 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.