← 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- - 26
Emperor Ninken0 decades - 27
Ildibad0 decades - 28
Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei1 decades - 29
Sigericnot measured- - 30
Ariadnenot measured- - 31
Gesalecnot measured- - 32Eraric0 decades
- 33
Idanot measured- - 34
Jangsu0 decades - 35
Basina of Thuringia0 decades - 36
Hermeric0 decades - 37
Jamasp2 decades - 38
Thrasamund0 decades - 39
Verinanot measured- - 40
Gondioc0 decades - 41Audofleda0 decades
- 42
Shapur IVnot measured- - 43Edeko0 decades
- 44Amalafrida0 decades
- 45
Gunthamund0 decades - 46Charaton1 decades
- 47
Rechiar0 decades - 48
Muryeong of Baekjenot measured- - 49Drest Inot measured-
- 50Chilperic II of Burgundynot measured-
- 51
Emperor An of Jinnot measured- - 52
Rechila0 decades - 53
Theudemeresnot measured- - 54Varazdatnot measured-
- 55
Shushaniknot measured- - 56
Thermantia0 decades - 57
Vramshapuh0 decades - 58
Jijeung of Sillanot measured- - 59Nechtan Morbet0 decades
- 60Talorc Inot measured-
- 61Khosrau the Usurpernot measured-
- 62
Hermanafridnot measured- - 63Marcusnot measured-
- 64Chilperic I of Burgundynot measured-
- 65Godegisel0 decades
- 66Chnodomarius0 decades
- 67Einion Yrth ap Cunedda0 decades
- 68
Gundomar Inot measured- - 69
Eógan mac Néillnot measured- - 70Lóegaire mac Néill0 decades
- 71Soji of Sillanot measured-
- 72
Brychan Brycheiniog0 decades - 73Nulji of Sillanot measured-
- 74Xiao Yuanmingnot measured-
- 75
K'uk' B'alam Inot measured- - 76
Sebastianus9 decades - 77
Ebana0 decades - 78Erc of Dalriadanot measured-
- 79Silseong of Sillanot measured-
- 80Catigern5 decades
- 81Maldrasnot measured-
- 82Khosrov IV of Armenianot measured-
- 83Cadwallon Lawhir0 decades
- 84Munjunot measured-
- 85Cadell Ddyrnllwgnot measured-
- 86Jabi of Sillanot measured-
- 87Veremund1 decades
- 88Theodemundnot measured-
- 89Conall Gulban3 decades
- 90Ceretic Guletic0 decades
- 91
B'utz Aj Sak Chiiknot measured- - 92Murong Shengnot measured-
- 93Ailill Molt0 decades
- 94
Al-Mundhir I ibn al-Nu'mannot measured- - 95Frumarnot measured-
- 96Kashyapa I of Anuradhapuranot measured-
- 97Lugaid mac Lóegairinot measured-
- 98Conall Cremthainne0 decades
- 99Natanleodnot measured-
- 100Budic II of Brittanynot 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.