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300–399

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 Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.

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  1. 1Pope Sylvester IPope Sylvester I300–335 · 🇮🇹 Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  2. 2Saint LucySaint Lucy283–304 · 🇮🇹 Italy · Religious Figures3 decades
  3. 3Agnes of RomeAgnes of Rome300–400 · 🇮🇹 Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  4. 4Pope MiltiadesPope Miltiadesdied 314 · 🇮🇹 Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  5. 5JanuariusJanuarius272–305 · 🇮🇹 Italy · Religious Figures22 decades
  6. 6Pope Julius IPope Julius Idied 352 · 🇮🇹 Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  7. 7VitusVitus290–303 · 🇮🇹 Italy · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  8. 8Pope LiberiusPope Liberius310–366 · 🇮🇹 Italy · Religious Figures11 decades
  9. 9Pope MarkPope Mark300–336 · 🇮🇹 Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  10. 10Christina of BolsenaChristina of Bolsena300–304 · 🇮🇹 Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  11. 11Pope SiriciusPope Siricius334–399 · 🇮🇹 Italy · Religious Figures5 decades
  12. 12Pope EusebiusPope Eusebiusdied 310 · 🇮🇹 Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  13. 13Pope Anastasius IPope Anastasius I340–401 · 🇮🇹 Italy · Religious Figures0 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.