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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. 1Ramesses II1303 BC-1213 BC · Politicians11 decades
  2. 2Hatshepsut1507 BC-1458 BC · Egypt · Politicians13 decades
  3. 3Thutmose III1481 BC-1425 BC · Politicians12 decades
  4. 4Seti I1323 BC-1279 BC · Egypt · Politicians15 decades
  5. 5Thutmose II1510 BC-1479 BC · Politicians2 decades
  6. 6Horemheb1350 BC-1292 BC · Egypt · Politicians13 decades
  7. 7Merneptah1300 BC-1203 BC · Politicians13 decades
  8. 8Thutmose IV1500 BC-1400 BC · Politicians3 decades
  9. 9Smenkhkare1400 BC-1334 BC · Politicians4 decades
  10. 10Sobekneferu1900 BC-1793 BC · Politicians0 decades
  11. 11Senusret III1950 BC-1842 BC · Politicians0 decades
  12. 12Amenemhat III1900 BC-1806 BC · Politicians6 decades
  13. 13Ramesses IV1200 BC-1156 BC · Politicians0 decades
  14. 14Senusret I2000 BC-1919 BC · Politicians0 decades
  15. 15Amenemhat Idied 1965 BC · Politicians0 decades
  16. 16Seti II1300 BC-1194 BC · Politicians4 decades
  17. 17Seqenenre Tao1590 BC-1554 BC · Politicians0 decades
  18. 18Kamose1600 BC-1549 BC · Politicians6 decades
  19. 19Twosret1201 BC-1189 BC · Politicians0 decades
  20. 20Psusennes I1100 BC-1001 BC · Politicians0 decades
  21. 21Setnakhte1300 BC-1186 BC · Politicians0 decades
  22. 22Siptah1300 BC-1191 BC · Politicians4 decades
  23. 23Senusret II2000 BC-1900 BC · Politicians0 decades
  24. 24Smendes1200 BC-1052 BC · Politiciansnot measured-
  25. 25Amenemhat II2000 BC-1885 BC · Politicians0 decades
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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.