Claim profile
200–299

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 Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.

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FieldAllPoliticiansWritersHistorical FiguresReligious FiguresAcademicsModelsActorsDoctorsMusiciansLawyers
  1. 1ZenobiaZenobia240–275 · Models22 decades
  2. 2Liu ShanLiu Shan207–271 · 🇨🇳 China · Modelsnot measured—
  3. 3ProbusProbus232–282 · Modelsnot measured—
  4. 4HostilianHostilian230–251 · Models0 decades
  5. 5Tetricus ITetricus I250–275 · Models0 decades
  6. 6Emperor Wu of JinEmperor Wu of Jin236–290 · Models0 decades
  7. 7Annia FaustinaAnnia Faustinaborn 201 · Models0 decades
  8. 8CFCao Fang232–274 · Models0 decades
  9. 9MartinianMartinian250–324 · Models4 decades
  10. 10SponsianusSponsianusborn 200 · Models0 decades
  11. 11SSansang200–227 · Models0 decades
  12. 12DongcheonDongcheon209–248 · Models0 decades
  13. 13MOMapum of Geumgwan Gaya259–291 · Modelsnot measured—
  14. 14JJungcheon224–270 · Modelsnot measured—
  15. 15MicheonMicheon250–331 · Models0 decades

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.