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2000–1001 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 Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.

CountryAll🇪🇬 Egypt🇨🇳 China🇮🇱 Israel🇬🇧 United Kingdom
FieldAllHistorical FiguresPoliticiansReligious FiguresWritersModelsArtistsAcademicsArchitectsScientistsMusicians
  1. 1Amenhotep IAmenhotep I1527 BC–1506 BC · Religious Figures3 decades
  2. 2MeritatenMeritaten1400 BC–1400 BC · 🇪🇬 Egypt · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  3. 3YuyaYuya1500 BC–1400 BC · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  4. 4KhaemwesetKhaemweset1281 BC–1225 BC · Religious Figures0 decades
  5. 5Pinedjem IPinedjem I1200 BC–1031 BC · Religious Figures0 decades
  6. 6HerihorHerihor1200 BC–1081 BC · Religious Figures1 decades
  7. 7Pinedjem IIPinedjem II1100 BC–969 BC · Religious Figures0 decades
  8. 8MenkheperreMenkheperre1100 BC–992 BC · Religious Figures0 decades
  9. 9RekhmireRekhmire1500 BC–1500 BC · 🇪🇬 Egypt · Religious Figures3 decades
  10. 10Maatkare MutemhatMaatkare Mutemhat1100 BC–1100 BC · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  11. 11Smendes IISmendes II1100 BC–990 BC · Religious Figures0 decades
  12. 12MeryatumMeryatum1300 BC–1300 BC · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  13. 13Senewosret-AnkhSenewosret-Ankh2000 BC–2000 BC · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  14. 14AAmat-Mamu1800 BC–1800 BC · Religious Figures0 decades
  15. 15Meryatum IIMeryatum II1200 BC–1100 BC · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  16. 16GGassulawiya1400 BC–1312 BC · Religious Figures0 decades
  17. 17WenenneferWenennefer1300 BC–1250 BC · Religious Figures0 decades
  18. 18NeferronpetNeferronpet1300 BC–1214 · Religious Figures0 decades
  19. 19MesehtiMesehti2000 BC–2000 BC · Religious Figures0 decades
  20. 20PIPrehotep I1300 BC–1213 · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  21. 21YuyuYuyudied 1250 BC · Religious Figures0 decades
  22. 22EEn-ane-duborn 1800 BC · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  23. 23HIHori Idied 1250 BC · Religious Figuresnot measured—

How this is measured

  • Placing people in time. Each person belongs to the century in which they were most active — around age 35, and never after their death.
  • Who ranks highest. Within a century, people are ranked where two independent signals agree: how many of the world’s Wikipedia language editions cover them, and how many people actually read about them. Article counts alone can be lifted by a person’s own circle; readers cannot.
  • Fame in print. The curves count how often a name appears in Google Books from 1800 to 2019, as a share of all the words printed each year, in the person’s own language wherever that corpus exists. Those decades are over, so each measurement is made once and kept.
  • What is left out. A lifetime is measured only from 1820, when there is enough print to judge; the five years after a death are skipped as obituaries; and a name shared with someone equally notable is credited to neither.