← 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
Ammianus Marcellinus22 decades - 2
Margaret the Virgin3 decades - 3
Faxian8 decades - 4
Epiphanius of Salamisnot measured- - 5
Ulfilas19 decades - 6
Evagrius Ponticus2 decades - 7
Kumārajīva1 decades - 8
Pachomius the Great0 decades - 9
Ausonius22 decades - 10
Libanius22 decades - 11
Prudentiusnot measured- - 12
Martianus Capella22 decades - 13
Quintus Aurelius Symmachus0 decades - 14
Eutropiusnot measured- - 15
Didymus the Blind2 decades - 16
Aurelius Victor22 decades - 17
Tyrannius Rufinus0 decades - 18
Sulpicius Severus22 decades - 19Priscillian22 decades
- 20Apollinaris of Laodicea0 decades
- 21
Aphrahat6 decades - 22
Aelius Donatus0 decades - 23
Eunapius22 decades - 24
Gaius Julius Solinus0 decades - 25
Eusebius of Vercelli1 decades - 26
Shenute1 decades - 27
Sextus Pompeius Festus0 decades - 28
Guo Pu0 decades - 29
Dictys Cretensis7 decades - 30Avienius0 decades
- 31
Su Huinot measured- - 32
Festusnot measured- - 33
Faltonia Betitia Proba0 decades - 34Marcellus of Ancyra9 decades
- 35
Paphnutius of Thebesnot measured- - 36
Chromatius10 decades - 37
Nicetas of Remesiana0 decades - 38
Amphilochius of Iconium0 decades - 39Aconia Fabia Paulina0 decades
- 40Commodian3 decades
- 41Saint Aurelius0 decades
- 42
Pacian8 decades - 43Rutilius Taurus Aemilianus Palladius0 decades
- 44Acacius of Caesarea0 decades
- 45Virius Nicomachus Flavianus0 decades
- 46Nonius Marcellus8 decades
- 47
Murong Chui0 decades - 48Tryphiodorus8 decades
- 49
Gaudentius of Brescia0 decades - 50
Serapion of Thmuis0 decades - 51Pope Timothy I of Alexandrianot measured-
- 52
Rabbula5 decades - 53Asterius of Amasea0 decades
- 54Lactantius Placidus0 decades
- 55Alexander of Lycopolis0 decades
- 56
Wei Shuo0 decades - 57Quintus Gargilius Martialis0 decades
- 58
Orientius1 decades - 59Zenob Glak0 decades
- 60Alypiusnot measured-
- 61
Chang Qu0 decades - 62Polemius Silvius0 decades
- 63Eustathius of Cappadocia0 decades
- 64Zhang Tianxi0 decades
- 65Mallius Theodorus0 decades
- 66Tiberianusnot measured-
- 67Faustinus of Brescianot measured-
- 68
Sun Chuo0 decades - 69Praxagoras of Athens0 decades
- 70Julius Exsuperantius0 decades
- 71Li Xiu0 decades
- 72
Phoebadius of Agen0 decades - 73
Xun Guan0 decades - 74Aemilius Magnus Arborius0 decades
- 75Orsisius0 decades
- 76Quintus Terentius Scaurus0 decades
- 77
Dionysius Cato0 decades - 78Gaius Julius Victor0 decades
- 79Suomar0 decades
- 80
Pentadius0 decades - 81Atilius Fortunatianus0 decades
- 82Aggenus Urbicus0 decades
- 83Albinanot measured-
- 84
Latronianusnot measured- - 85Nazariusnot 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.