← 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
Anthony the Great0 decades - 2
Cao Pi2 decades - 3
Diogenes Laërtius7 decades - 4
Lactantius22 decades - 5Athenaeus22 decades
- 6
Ulpian22 decades - 7
Claudius Aelianus0 decades - 8
Herodian22 decades - 9Philostratusnot measured-
- 10Bhāsa0 decades
- 11
Hosius of Corduba0 decades - 12
Lady Sun6 decades - 13
Gregory Thaumaturgus16 decades - 14
Ruan Ji6 decades - 15
Longusnot measured- - 16
Arnobiusnot measured- - 17Chen Shou7 decades
- 18
Cai Yannot measured- - 19Marcus Minucius Felix0 decades
- 20
Victorinus of Pettau0 decades - 21Cao Maonot measured-
- 22
Heliodorus of Emesa0 decades - 23Phlegon of Tralles0 decades
- 24Wang Can0 decades
- 25
Ilango Adigal0 decades - 26
Pope Dionysius of Alexandrianot measured- - 27
Achilles Tatius22 decades - 28
Dexippusnot measured- - 29Serenus Sammonicus1 decades
- 30Julius Pollux10 decades
- 31
Huangfu Minot measured- - 32Artemidorusnot measured-
- 33Censorinusnot measured-
- 34
Fei Yi0 decades - 35Alciphron22 decades
- 36
Wei Boyang0 decades - 37Philostratus of Lemnos0 decades
- 38Guo Huai0 decades
- 39
Zhang Hua5 decades - 40
Apollinaris Claudius0 decades - 41Straton of Sardis0 decades
- 42Aelius Herodianus0 decades
- 43Xu Gannot measured-
- 44Dharmarakṣa0 decades
- 45Nemesianus10 decades
- 46
Lu Jinot measured- - 47Zuo Si0 decades
- 48
Deng Zhi0 decades - 49Gan Baonot measured-
- 50Caiusnot measured-
- 51Maecia Faustina0 decades
- 52Fu Xuannot measured-
- 53Zuo Fennot measured-
- 54Princess Iwa0 decades
- 55
Liu Ling2 decades - 56Gaius Asinius Quadratusnot measured-
- 57
Wang Rong0 decades - 58
Publilius Optatianus Porfyrius0 decades - 59
Pontius of Carthage0 decades - 60Oppian of Apamea0 decades
- 61Xi Zheng0 decades
- 62Kan Ze0 decades
- 63Phrynichus Arabius0 decades
- 64Xin Xianyingnot measured-
- 65Wei Huacunnot measured-
- 66Xue Zong0 decades
- 67Luo Xian0 decades
- 68
Seleucusnot measured- - 69
Lu Yun1 decades - 70Julius Valerius Alexander Polemius0 decades
- 71Lu Jing0 decades
- 72Symmachusnot measured-
- 73Dionysius of Byzantium0 decades
- 74Reticius0 decades
- 75Helenius Acron0 decades
- 76
Chen Zhennot measured- - 77He Yi1 decades
- 78Hosidius Geta0 decades
- 79
Nestor of Laranda0 decades - 80Cheng Bing0 decades
- 81Fei Shi0 decades
- 82Phileas of Thmuis0 decades
- 83Publius Annius Florus0 decades
- 84Marius Plotius Sacerdos0 decades
- 85
Felicitynot measured- - 86Reposianus0 decades
- 87Xie Cheng0 decades
- 88Ephorus the Youngernot measured-
- 89Aquila Romanus0 decades
- 90Sima Biao0 decades
- 91Li Wannot measured-
- 92Athenodorusnot 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.