← Fame through time300-399
The 4th century
Whose working lives fell in the 4th 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 4th century, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Augustine of Hippo16 decades - 2
Constantine the Great22 decades - 3
Hypatia22 decades - 4
Jeromenot measured- - 5
Saint George22 decades - 6
John Chrysostom22 decades - 7
Theodosius I10 decades - 8
Ambrosenot measured- - 9
Athanasius of Alexandria3 decades - 10
Martin of Tours22 decades - 11
Basil of Caesarea5 decades - 12
Saint Lucy3 decades - 13
Eusebiusnot measured- - 14
Pope Sylvester I0 decades - 15
Constantius II18 decades - 16
Catherine of Alexandria17 decades - 17
Valentinian I11 decades - 18
Saint Barbara12 decades - 19
Gregory of Nazianzus18 decades - 20
Agnes of Rome0 decades - 21
Pope Damasus I0 decades - 22
Valensnot measured- - 23
Pope Julius I0 decades - 24
Gregory of Nyssa22 decades - 25
Pope Miltiades0 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.