← Fame through time400-499
The 5th century
Whose working lives fell in the 5th 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 5th century, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Romulus Augustulus14 decades - 2
Theodoric the Great12 decades - 3
Alaric I0 decades - 4
Honoriusnot measured- - 5
Valentinian III22 decades - 6
Anastasius I Dicorusnot measured- - 7
Gaiseric14 decades - 8
Childeric I0 decades - 9
Theodoric I0 decades - 10
Chandragupta II10 decades - 11
Chlodio0 decades - 12
Zenonot measured- - 13
Alaric II8 decades - 14
Bahram V0 decades - 15
Pulcheria22 decades - 16
Cynric18 decades - 17
Yazdegerd I0 decades - 18
Aelia Eudocia0 decades - 19
Athaulf3 decades - 20
Gwanggaeto the Great0 decades - 21
Huneric7 decades - 22
Gundobad6 decades - 23
Kalébnot measured- - 24
Thorismund0 decades - 25
Hildericnot 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.