← Fame through time200-299
The 3rd century
Whose working lives fell in the 3rd 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 3rd century, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Zhuge Liang10 decades - 2
Cao Pi2 decades - 3
Sun Quan2 decades - 4
Sima Yi2 decades - 5
Zhang Fei2 decades - 6
Emperor Xian of Han0 decades - 7
Liu Shannot measured- - 8
Hua Tuo1 decades - 9
Sun Cenot measured- - 10
Zhao Yun1 decades - 11
Zhou Yu2 decades - 12
Pang Tongnot measured- - 13
Jiang Wei2 decades - 14
Ma Chao1 decades - 15
Xu Huangnot measured- - 16
Cai Yannot measured- - 17
Lady Zhen0 decades - 18
Zhong Hui0 decades - 19
Deng Ai0 decades - 20Li Dian0 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.