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← 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. 1Amenhotep I1527 BC-1506 BC · Religious Figures3 decades
  2. 2Meritaten1400 BC-1400 BC · Egypt · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  3. 3Yuya1500 BC-1400 BC · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  4. 4Khaemweset1281 BC-1225 BC · Religious Figures0 decades
  5. 5Pinedjem I1200 BC-1031 BC · Religious Figures0 decades
  6. 6Pinedjem II1100 BC-969 BC · Religious Figures0 decades
  7. 7Herihor1200 BC-1081 BC · Religious Figures1 decades
  8. 8Menkheperre1100 BC-992 BC · Religious Figures0 decades
  9. 9Rekhmire1500 BC-1500 BC · Egypt · Religious Figures3 decades
  10. 10Maatkare Mutemhat1100 BC-1100 BC · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  11. 11Smendes II1100 BC-990 BC · Religious Figures0 decades
  12. 12Meryatum1300 BC-1300 BC · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  13. 13Gassulawiya1400 BC-1312 BC · Religious Figures0 decades
  14. 14Amat-Mamu1800 BC-1800 BC · Religious Figures0 decades
  15. 15Wenennefer1300 BC-1250 BC · Religious Figures0 decades
  16. 16Mesehti2000 BC-2000 BC · Religious Figures0 decades
  17. 17Senewosret-Ankh2000 BC-2000 BC · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  18. 18Yuyudied 1250 BC · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  19. 19Meryatum II1200 BC-1100 BC · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  20. 20Neferronpet1300 BC-1214 · Religious Figures0 decades
  21. 21Prehotep I1300 BC-1213 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  22. 22Hori Idied 1250 BC · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  23. 23Hori Idied 1203 BC · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  24. 24En-ane-duborn 1800 BC · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  25. 25Horemkhauef1800 BC-1700 BC · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  26. 26Anhurmoseborn 1250 BC · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  27. 27Hatdied 1250 BC · 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.