← 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
Zenobia22 decades - 2
Liu Shannot measured- - 3
Emperor Wu of Jin0 decades - 4
Tetricus I0 decades - 5
Hostilian0 decades - 6Cao Fang0 decades
- 7
Probusnot measured- - 8
Annia Faustina0 decades - 9Sansang0 decades
- 10
Sponsianus0 decades - 11Dongcheon0 decades
- 12Jungcheonnot measured-
- 13Micheon0 decades
- 14Mapum of Geumgwan Gayanot measured-
- 15
Martinian4 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.