← 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
Hypatia22 decades - 3
Jeromenot measured- - 4
Ambrosenot measured- - 5
Eusebiusnot measured- - 6
Gregory of Nazianzus18 decades - 7
Ephrem the Syrian6 decades - 8
Mesrop Mashtots0 decades - 9
Pelagiusnot measured- - 10
John Cassian7 decades - 11
Cyril of Jerusalem22 decades - 12
Vasubandhu13 decades - 13
Pappus of Alexandria0 decades - 14
Asanga10 decades - 15Theon of Alexandria0 decades
- 16
Ge Hong6 decades - 17
Macrina the Younger0 decades - 18Themistius22 decades
- 19
Pandrosion0 decades - 20Gaius Marius Victorinus0 decades
- 21
Xie Daoyunnot measured- - 22
Ploutarchos of Athensnot measured- - 23
Calcidius6 decades - 24
Huiyuan2 decades - 25Nemesius20 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.