← Fame through time100-199
The 2nd century
Whose working lives fell in the 2nd century. 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 2nd century, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Marcus Aurelius22 decades - 2
Hadrian22 decades - 3
Septimius Severus22 decades - 4
Guan Yu7 decades - 5
Kanishka19 decades - 6
Lü Bu1 decades - 7
Decebalus19 decades - 8
Bruttia Crispina0 decades - 9Emperor Huan of Hannot measured-
- 10
Vologases V of Parthianot measured- - 11
Vima Kadphises0 decades - 12
Emperor He of Hannot measured- - 13
Vologases IV of Parthianot measured- - 14Emperor An of Hannot measured-
- 15
Vologases III of Parthia0 decades - 16Emperor Shang of Hannot measured-
- 17Emperor Chong of Hannot measured-
- 18Emperor Zhi of Hannot measured-
- 19
Vima Takto0 decades - 20
Karikala Chola0 decades - 21
Pabag0 decades - 22
Sohaemus of Armenianot measured- - 23
Parthamaspates of Parthianot measured- - 24
Tiridates II of Armenianot measured- - 25
Sanatruknot 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.