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← 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. 1Elagabalus203-222 · Italy · Politicians22 decades
  2. 2Pope Fabian200-250 · Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  3. 3Gordian III225-244 · Italy · Politicians16 decades
  4. 4Pope Callixtus Idied 222 · Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  5. 5Pope Urban Idied 230 · Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  6. 6Agatha of Sicily235-261 · Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  7. 7Pope Pontiandied 235 · Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  8. 8Pope Zephyrinusdied 217 · Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  9. 9Pope Cornelius180-253 · Italy · Religious Figures2 decades
  10. 10Saint Cecilia180-230 · Italy · Musicians22 decades
  11. 11Pupienus170-238 · Italy · Politicians11 decades
  12. 12Trebonianus Gallus206-253 · Italy · Politicians0 decades
  13. 13Geta189-211 · Italynot measured-
  14. 14Pope Anterusdied 236 · Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  15. 15Hippolytus of Rome170-235 · Italy · Academics2 decades
  16. 16Pope Lucius I200-254 · Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  17. 17Pope Marcellinusdied 304 · Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  18. 18Pope Marcellus I255-309 · Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  19. 19Claudius Aelianus200-235 · Italy · Writers0 decades
  20. 20Tarcisius246-265 · Italynot 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.