← 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
Saint George22 decades - 2
John Chrysostom22 decades - 3
Athanasius of Alexandria3 decades - 4
Martin of Tours22 decades - 5
Basil of Caesarea5 decades - 6
Saint Lucy3 decades - 7
Pope Sylvester I0 decades - 8
Catherine of Alexandria17 decades - 9
Saint Barbara12 decades - 10
Agnes of Rome0 decades - 11
Pope Damasus I0 decades - 12
Pope Julius I0 decades - 13
Gregory of Nyssa22 decades - 14
Pope Miltiades0 decades - 15
Pope Liberius11 decades - 16
Saint Blaise1 decades - 17
Saint Monica18 decades - 18
Pope Mark0 decades - 19
Hilary of Poitiers20 decades - 20
Pope Eusebius0 decades - 21
Pope Anastasius I0 decades - 22
Januarius22 decades - 23
Mary of Egypt15 decades - 24
Philomena21 decades - 25
Vincent of Saragossa0 decades - 26
Moses the Black0 decades - 27
Saint Nino0 decades - 28
Pope Siricius5 decades - 29
Saint Marinus0 decades - 30
Pancras of Rome0 decades - 31
Vitusnot measured- - 32
Saint Spyridon0 decades
- 33Eusebius of Nicomedia16 decades
- 34
Anastasia of Sirmium0 decades - 35
Christina of Bolsena0 decades - 36Theodore of Mopsuestia22 decades
- 37
Dorothea of Caesarea0 decades - 38
Paulinus of Nola19 decades - 39
Ferminnot measured- - 40
Zeno of Verona0 decades - 41
Porphyry of Gaza0 decades - 42
Niniannot measured- - 43
Felix of Nola0 decades - 44
Kartir0 decades - 45
Eunomius of Cyzicus0 decades - 46
Liborius of Le Mansnot measured- - 47
Saint Menas0 decades - 48Palladius of Galatia0 decades
- 49
Geminianus0 decades - 50Faustus of Mileve0 decades
- 51
Saint Martial0 decades - 52
Saint Domnius0 decades - 53
Maternus of Cologne0 decades - 54
Shemon Bar Sabbaenot measured- - 55
Alypius of Thagaste0 decades - 56
Donatus of Arezzo0 decades - 57
Zenobius of Florence0 decades - 58
Metrophanes of Byzantiumnot measured- - 59
Nicasius of Rheims0 decades - 60Abraham of Cyrrhusnot measured-
- 61
Simplician4 decades - 62
Emygdius0 decades - 63
Philastrius10 decades - 64Caecilianusnot measured-
- 65Maximus I of Constantinoplenot measured-
- 66
Julian of Le Mans0 decades - 67
Sabinus of Spoletonot measured- - 68
Amator of Auxerre0 decades - 69
Austromoinenot measured- - 70
Gatianus of Toursnot measured- - 71
Irenaeus of Sirmium0 decades - 72
Bademusnot measured- - 73
Syrus of Genoanot measured- - 74
Saint Bassiannot measured- - 75Paul of Narbonne0 decades
- 76
Julius of Novaranot measured- - 77
Paulinus of Trier0 decades - 78
Nestor of Thessalonikinot measured- - 79
Gaudentius of Novara0 decades - 80
Juvenal of Narni0 decades - 81Acacius of Beroea0 decades
- 82
Clementnot measured- - 83
Maurus of Parentiumnot measured- - 84Deogratias de Carthagenot measured-
- 85
Saint Taurinus0 decades - 86
Tychon of Amathusnot measured- - 87
Urban of Langres0 decades - 88
Maternusnot measured- - 89
Just of Lyonnot measured- - 90Gaudiosus of Naplesnot measured-
- 91
Abraham of Arbelanot measured- - 92
Martinien de Milannot measured- - 93
Castritiannot measured- - 94Abadiu of Antinoenot measured-
- 95
Juventius of Pavianot measured-
- 96
Triphyllius0 decades - 97
Parthenius of Lampsacus0 decades - 98
Sabinus of Piacenza0 decades - 99
Proculus of Veronanot measured- - 100
Narcissus of Gironanot 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.