← 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
Antoninus Pius22 decades - 2
Macrinus22 decades - 3
Cao Cao8 decades - 4
Pertinax22 decades - 5
Didius Julianus10 decades - 6
Lucius Verus22 decades - 7
Cassius Dio10 decades - 8
Caiaphas22 decades - 9
Faustina the Younger0 decades - 10
Pescennius Niger10 decades - 11
Clodius Albinus9 decades - 12
Dong Zhuo2 decades - 13
Herodes Atticus21 decades - 14
Yuan Shao3 decades - 15Avidius Cassius12 decades
- 16
Sun Jiannot measured- - 17
Yuan Shu1 decades - 18Prince of Hongnongnot measured-
- 19Tiberius Julius Alexander0 decades
- 20
Liu Biao1 decades - 21
He Jin5 decades - 22Gan Ying0 decades
- 23
Lucius Aelius0 decades - 24
Lusius Quietus0 decades - 25
Wang Yun3 decades - 26
Jia Xu1 decades - 27
Xun Yu0 decades - 28
Marcus Annius Verus Caesarnot measured- - 29
Ma Teng0 decades - 30
Salonia Matidia0 decades - 31
Quintus Lollius Urbicus0 decades - 32
Tiberius Claudius Pompeianus0 decades - 33
Chen Gong0 decades - 34Shi Xienot measured-
- 35
Marcus Annius Verus0 decades - 36Zhang Lu0 decades
- 37
Tao Qiannot measured- - 38Wang Lang3 decades
- 39
Liu Zhangnot measured- - 40
Salvius Julianus6 decades - 41
Gaius Fulvius Plautianus0 decades - 42Sindae0 decades
- 43
Xun You0 decades - 44Quintus Tineius Rufusnot measured-
- 45Quintus Marcius Turbo0 decades
- 46
Philopappos0 decades - 47Ventidius Cumanus0 decades
- 48
Empress Deng Suinot measured- - 49Chadaenot measured-
- 50
Mi Zhu0 decades - 51
Zhang Zhao0 decades - 52Tiberius Claudius Balbilusnot measured-
- 53
Xu Shu0 decades - 54Empress Liang Nanot measured-
- 55
Guo Si0 decades - 56
Yang Yi1 decades - 57Yu Fan0 decades
- 58Cheng Yu1 decades
- 59Marcus Ummidius Quadratus Annianusnot measured-
- 60
Titus Aurelius Fulvus0 decades - 61Shen Pei0 decades
- 62Quintus Pompeius Falco0 decades
- 63
Gaius Julius Quadratus Bassusnot measured- - 64Liang Ji0 decades
- 65Zang Ba0 decades
- 66
Tian Feng1 decades - 67Gongsun Gongnot measured-
- 68Niu Fu0 decades
- 69Chen Qun0 decades
- 70Bu Zhi0 decades
- 71Zhu Jun0 decades
- 72Pan Zhang0 decades
- 73Wen Ping1 decades
- 74
Meng Da0 decades - 75Ding Yi1 decades
- 76Publius Septimius Geta0 decades
- 77Lucius Antistius Burrusnot measured-
- 78Publius Acilius Attianus0 decades
- 79Tiberius Claudius Severus Proculusnot measured-
- 80Sima Fangnot measured-
- 81Zhang Miao0 decades
- 82Pang Ji0 decades
- 83Xu You1 decades
- 84Hua Xin0 decades
- 85
Julius Avitus0 decades - 86
Sun Qiannot measured- - 87Liu Dai0 decades
- 88Cao Teng1 decades
- 89Lucius Fabius Cilo0 decades
- 90Xiang Langnot measured-
- 91Titus Flavius Claudius Sulpicianusnot measured-
- 92Li Yannot measured-
- 93
Jian Yong0 decades - 94Quintus Sosius Senecio0 decades
- 95Publius Tarutienus Paternusnot measured-
- 96
Dong Yun0 decades - 97Dou Wu0 decades
- 98Dong Zhao0 decades
- 99Empress Yan Jinot measured-
- 100Marcus Statius Priscus0 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.