← Fame through time2000-1001 BC
The 2nd millennium BC
Whose working lives fell in the 2nd 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 2nd millennium BC, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Davidnot measured- - 2
Hammurabi15 decades - 3
Amenhotep III15 decades - 4
Ramesses III7 decades - 5
Nefertarinot measured- - 6
Ramesses I0 decades - 7
Ahmose I0 decades - 8
Amenhotep II11 decades - 9
Tiye5 decades - 10
King Wu of Zhou2 decades - 11
Nebuchadnezzar I0 decades - 12
Šuppiluliuma I0 decades - 13
Ramesses XI0 decades - 14
Ramesses VI0 decades - 15
Ramesses V0 decades - 16
Tiglath-Pileser I0 decades - 17
Aynot measured- - 18
King Wen of Zhou0 decades - 19
Ramesses VIII0 decades - 20
Muwatalli II0 decades - 21
Tukulti-Ninurta I0 decades - 22
Ramesses IX0 decades - 23
Jie of Xia0 decades - 24
Ramesses VII0 decades - 25
Neferneferuatennot measured- - 26
Ramesses X0 decades - 27
Shamshi-Adad I0 decades - 28
Ḫattušili III0 decades - 29
Kiyanot measured- - 30
Shalmaneser I0 decades - 31
Ashur-uballit I0 decades - 32
Samsu-iluna2 decades - 33
Fu Hao2 decades - 34
Rim-Sin I0 decades - 35
Adad-nirari I0 decades - 36
Labarna I0 decades - 37
The Younger Lady0 decades - 38
Tushratta5 decades - 39
Sumu-abum0 decades - 40
King Cheng of Zhou0 decades - 41
Ḫattušili Inot measured- - 42
Osorkon the Elder0 decades - 43
Sin-Muballit0 decades - 44
Šarru-kên Inot measured- - 45
Merneferre Ay0 decades - 46
Suppiluliuma II0 decades - 47
Tudhaliya IV0 decades - 48
Sumu-la-El0 decades - 49
Ashurnasirpal I0 decades - 50Abi-Eshuhnot measured-
- 51Ninurta-apal-Ekurnot measured-
- 52
Eriba-Adad I0 decades - 53Shalmaneser II6 decades
- 54
Erishum I0 decades - 55Telepinu0 decades
- 56Arnuwanda I0 decades
- 57
Ashur-bel-kala0 decades - 58
Ashur-nadin-apli0 decades - 59Samsu-Ditananot measured-
- 60
Arnuwanda II0 decades - 61
Tudhaliya I0 decades - 62Ashur-dan I0 decades
- 63
Kong Jia0 decades - 64Apil-Sin0 decades
- 65Arnuwanda III0 decades
- 66
Ahmose Inhapynot measured- - 67
Pentawer0 decades - 68
Ashur-resh-ishi IInot measured- - 69Ashur-nirari III0 decades
- 70
Beketaten0 decades - 71
Henutmire0 decades - 72Shamshi-Adad IV0 decades
- 73
Sabium0 decades - 74
Enlil-bani0 decades - 75Zannanza0 decades
- 76
Gao of Xianot measured- - 77
Shutruk-Nahhunte0 decades - 78
Hornot measured- - 79Arik-den-ili0 decades
- 80
Meli-Shipak IInot measured- - 81Jin of Xianot measured-
- 82Enlil-nirari0 decades
- 83Enlil-kudurri-usur0 decades
- 84Shattiwaza0 decades
- 85
Nebetah0 decades - 86Shaushtatar0 decades
- 87Ankhesenpaaten Tasheritnot measured-
- 88
Parshatatarnot measured- - 89
Zidanta I0 decades - 90
Ammi-Ditananot measured- - 91Shuttarna II0 decades
- 92
Nazi-Maruttash0 decades - 93Urhi-Tesub0 decades
- 94
Alaksandu0 decades - 95Asharid-apal-Ekurnot measured-
- 96Puzur-Ashur III0 decades
- 97
Adad-shuma-usur0 decades - 98Eriba-Adad II0 decades
- 99
Ashur-bel-nisheshu0 decades - 100Ilu-shuma0 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.