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1000–1 BC

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 Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.

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  1. 1Saint AnneSaint Anne55 BC–12 · Religious Figures22 decades
  2. 2AmosAmos814 BC–740 BC · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  3. 3HoseaHoseaborn 784 BC · Religious Figures22 decades
  4. 4Judas MaccabeusJudas Maccabeus500 BC–160 BC · Religious Figures18 decades
  5. 5HabakkukHabakkuk626 BC–600 BC · Religious Figures22 decades
  6. 6ĀnandaĀnanda600 BC–500 BC · 🇮🇳 India · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  7. 7HaggaiHaggaiborn 550 BC · Religious Figures22 decades
  8. 8AnnasAnnas40 BC–40 · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  9. 9RāhulaRāhula534 BC–500 BC · 🇮🇳 India · Religious Figures0 decades
  10. 10John HyrcanusJohn Hyrcanus200 BC–104 BC · Religious Figures22 decades
  11. 11Antigonus II MattathiasAntigonus II Mattathias80 BC–37 BC · Religious Figures0 decades
  12. 12Simon ThassiSimon Thassi200 BC–135 BC · Religious Figures0 decades
  13. 13DevadattaDevadatta600 BC–490 BC · Religious Figures16 decades
  14. 14Coroebus of ElisCoroebus of Elis800 BC–800 BC · Religious Figures0 decades
  15. 15Aristobulus III of JudeaAristobulus III of Judea53 BC–36 BC · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  16. 16Aristobulus of BritanniaAristobulus of Britannia50 BC–100 · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  17. 17Ennigaldi-NannaEnnigaldi-Nannaborn 550 BC · Religious Figures0 decades
  18. 18Harsiese AHarsiese A1000 BC–860 BC · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  19. 19AnathapindikaAnathapindika600 BC–500 BC · Religious Figures8 decades
  20. 20JJason300 BC–200 BC · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  21. 21HornedjitefHornedjitefborn 250 BC · Religious Figures0 decades
  22. 22Karomama MeritmutKaromama Meritmut900 BC–900 BC · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  23. 23SBSimon ben Boethosborn 100 BC · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  24. 24PetosirisPetosiris500 BC–500 BC · Religious Figures5 decades
  25. 25Ankh-ef-en-Khonsu iAnkh-ef-en-Khonsu i800 BC–700 BC · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  26. 26SOSonchis of Saisdied 550 BC · Religious Figures0 decades
  27. 27PediamenopetPediamenopetborn 700 BC · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  28. 28Attus NaviusAttus Navius700 BC–700 BC · Religious Figures1 decades
  29. 29TBTheophilus ben Ananusborn 50 BC · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  30. 30JBJesus ben Fabusborn 100 BC · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  31. 31Sidoine d'AixSidoine d'Aixdied 1 · 🇫🇷 France · Religious Figuresnot measured—

How this is measured

  • Placing people in time. Each person belongs to the century in which they were most active — around age 35, and never after their death.
  • Who ranks highest. Within a century, people are ranked where two independent signals agree: how many of the world’s Wikipedia language editions cover them, and how many people actually read about them. Article counts alone can be lifted by a person’s own circle; readers cannot.
  • Fame in print. The curves count how often a name appears in Google Books from 1800 to 2019, as a share of all the words printed each year, in the person’s own language wherever that corpus exists. Those decades are over, so each measurement is made once and kept.
  • What is left out. A lifetime is measured only from 1820, when there is enough print to judge; the five years after a death are skipped as obituaries; and a name shared with someone equally notable is credited to neither.