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← 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. 1Pope Victor Idied 199 · Religious Figures0 decades
  2. 2Pope Evaristus100-105 · Turkey · Religious Figures0 decades
  3. 3Pope Alexander I100-116 · Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  4. 4Pope Pius I95-150 · Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  5. 5Pope Telesphorusdied 130 · Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  6. 6Pope Anicetus100-166 · Religious Figures0 decades
  7. 7Pope Hyginusdied 142 · Religious Figures0 decades
  8. 8Pope Eleutheriusdied 189 · Religious Figures3 decades
  9. 9Dionysius the Areopagite100-100 · Religious Figures22 decades
  10. 10Saint Sarah100-100 · Egypt · Religious Figures0 decades
  11. 11Saint Apollonia150-249 · Egypt · Religious Figures0 decades
  12. 12Apollos100-100 · Egypt · Religious Figures22 decades
  13. 13Saint Publius100-112 · Malta · Religious Figures0 decades
  14. 14Alexander of Abonoteichus105-170 · Religious Figures0 decades
  15. 15Saint Pothinus87-177 · Religious Figures0 decades
  16. 16Polycrates of Ephesus125-196 · Religious Figures0 decades
  17. 17Achillius of Larissa150-330 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  18. 18Elisha ben Abuyah70-135 · Religious Figures0 decades
  19. 19Julius Bassianusdied 201 · Religious Figures0 decades
  20. 20Prosdocimus100-100 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  21. 21Aspren100-200 · Religious Figures0 decades
  22. 22Astius100-117 · Religious Figures0 decades
  23. 23Marcian of Tortona100-120 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  24. 24Eucharius101-300 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  25. 25Magnus of Trani101-251 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  26. 26Clair of Nantes150-310 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  27. 27Jose the Galilean100-200 · Religious Figures1 decades
  28. 28Constantius of Perugia150-170 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  29. 29Caecilius of Elvira100-100 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  30. 30Phannias ben Samuelborn 100 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  31. 31Secundus of Abula100-100 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  32. 32Patiensdied 150 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  33. 33Thraseas100-170 · Religious Figures5 decades
  34. 34Calocerus100-121 · Religious Figures0 decades
  35. 35Conon of Bidana101-250 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  36. 36Marone100-100 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  37. 37Novatus100-151 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  38. 38Zoticus of Comana150-204 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  39. 39Justin the Confessor150-269 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  40. 40Pkidhadied 200 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  41. 41Flavius Justusborn 76 · Religious Figuresnot 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.