Claim profile
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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FieldAllPoliticiansReligious FiguresWritersHistorical FiguresAcademicsModelsDoctorsActorsMusiciansArtists
  1. 1Constantine the GreatConstantine the Great272–337 · Historical Figures22 decades
  2. 2Shapur IIShapur II309–379 · Historical Figures6 decades
  3. 3ErmanaricErmanaric291–376 · Historical Figures3 decades
  4. 4VetranioVetraniodied 356 · Historical Figures13 decades
  5. 5AthanaricAthanaric318–381 · Historical Figures12 decades
  6. 6GGodigisel359–406 · Historical Figures0 decades
  7. 7Aelia EudoxiaAelia Eudoxia301–404 · Historical Figures0 decades
  8. 8NarsehNarseh300–302 · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  9. 9Coel HenCoel Hen360–420 · Historical Figures0 decades
  10. 10Niall of the Nine HostagesNiall of the Nine Hostages301–401 · Historical Figures9 decades
  11. 11Hormizd IIHormizd II300–309 · Historical Figures0 decades
  12. 12FFastida300–300 · Historical Figures0 decades
  13. 13OOctar350–430 · Historical Figures2 decades
  14. 14HHeulhaedied 356 · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  15. 15Ardashir IIArdashir II315–383 · Historical Figures0 decades
  16. 16Emperor Yuan of JinEmperor Yuan of Jin276–323 · 🇨🇳 China · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  17. 17Emperor Huai of JinEmperor Huai of Jin284–313 · 🇨🇳 China · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  18. 18GOGirim of Silladied 310 · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  19. 19ECEmpress Chu Suanzi324–384 · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  20. 20PharantzemPharantzem350–369 · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  21. 21Arshak IIArshak IIdied 368 · Historical Figures0 decades
  22. 22POPap of Armenia353–374 · Historical Figures0 decades
  23. 23AAlatheus350–387 · Historical Figures3 decades
  24. 24Emperor Ai of JinEmperor Ai of Jin341–365 · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  25. 25VadomariusVadomarius350–373 · Historical Figures0 decades
  26. 26AscaricAscaric300–306 · Historical Figures0 decades
  27. 27Fú JiānFú Jiān338–385 · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  28. 28EKEmperor Kang of Jin322–344 · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  29. 29MerogaisMerogais300–306 · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  30. 30BongsangBongsang300–300 · Historical Figures0 decades
  31. 31LLamissone350–500 · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  32. 32XXXu Xianzhi364–426 · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  33. 33TOTrdat of Iberia301–406 · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  34. 34VVinitharius333–404 · Historical Figures0 decades
  35. 35AIArshak IIIdied 390 · Historical Figures0 decades
  36. 36TFTeng Fanglan300–300 · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  37. 37Mihrdat IV of IberiaMihrdat IV of Iberiaborn 350 · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  38. 38BBalendukhtdied 401 · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  39. 39VVithimiris350–376 · Historical Figures0 decades
  40. 40EMEmperor Mu of Jin343–361 · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  41. 41VVithicab350–368 · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  42. 42GGundomar350–357 · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  43. 43LLeti350–500 · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  44. 44BBoz319–370 · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  45. 45MMederichborn 300 · Historical Figures0 decades
  46. 46VVestralpo350–400 · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  47. 47AAchiulfborn 270 · Historical Figures0 decades
  48. 48HHortar350–364 · Historical Figures0 decades
  49. 49BIBhadravarman I350–420 · Historical Figures0 decades
  50. 50SISauromaces II of Iberiadied 378 · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  51. 51GGadeondied 405 · Historical Figures0 decades
  52. 52SVSauromates Vborn 350 · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  53. 53PBPadarn Beisrudd301–301 · Historical Figures0 decades
  54. 54CCáelbaddied 400 · Historical Figuresnot measured—

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.