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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. 1Saint Nicholas250-350 · Religious Figures22 decades
  2. 2Saint Sebastian255-287 · France · Religious Figures22 decades
  3. 3Pope Fabian200-250 · Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  4. 4Saint Lawrence225-258 · Spain · Religious Figures22 decades
  5. 5Pope Callixtus Idied 222 · Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  6. 6Pope Urban Idied 230 · Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  7. 7Agatha of Sicily235-261 · Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  8. 8Pope Pontiandied 235 · Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  9. 9Pope Sixtus II215-258 · Religious Figures0 decades
  10. 10Pope Zephyrinusdied 217 · Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  11. 11Pope Dionysius200-268 · Religious Figures0 decades
  12. 12Pope Cornelius180-253 · Italy · Religious Figures2 decades
  13. 13Cyprian200-258 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  14. 14Pope Anterusdied 236 · Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  15. 15Pope Caiusdied 296 · Religious Figures0 decades
  16. 16Pope Lucius I200-254 · Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  17. 17Pope Marcellinusdied 304 · Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  18. 18Saint Maurice250-287 · Egypt · Religious Figures14 decades
  19. 19Pope Marcellus I255-309 · Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  20. 20Gregory the Illuminator252-329 · Religious Figures9 decades
  21. 21Paul of Thebes227-342 · Egypt · Religious Figures0 decades
  22. 22Pope Alexander I of Alexandria250-326 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  23. 23Denis201-250 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  24. 24Methodius of Olympus260-311 · Religious Figures0 decades
  25. 25Saint Chrysogonus250-303 · Religious Figures0 decades
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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.