Claim profile
400–499

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 Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.

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FieldAllPoliticiansHistorical FiguresWritersReligious FiguresAcademicsModelsDoctorsActorsBusiness ProfessionalsMusicians
  1. 1MajorianMajorian420–461 · Models20 decades
  2. 2WalliaWalliadied 419 · Models20 decades
  3. 3KeitaiKeitai450–531 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Models0 decades
  4. 4SeineiSeinei444–484 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Models0 decades
  5. 5Justa Grata HonoriaJusta Grata Honoriaborn 417 · Models0 decades
  6. 6YūryakuYūryaku418–479 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Models0 decades
  7. 7Emperor KenzōEmperor Kenzō450–487 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Modelsnot measured—
  8. 8IngyōIngyō376–453 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Models0 decades
  9. 9Emperor AnkōEmperor Ankō401–456 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Modelsnot measured—
  10. 10ETEmperor Taiwu of Northern Wei408–452 · Modelsnot measured—
  11. 11RRespendial400–500 · Models0 decades
  12. 12Kidara IKidara I400–400 · Modelsnot measured—
  13. 13OOneladied 501 · Models1 decades
  14. 14Siyaj Chan K'awiil IISiyaj Chan K'awiil IIdied 456 · Models0 decades
  15. 15VSVasak Siwni387–452 · Models0 decades
  16. 16VMVard Mamikonian450–508 · Modelsnot measured—
  17. 17HHnæf401–450 · Models0 decades
  18. 18SMShahpuhr Mihranborn 401 · Modelsnot measured—
  19. 19AGAdhur Gushnaspdied 482 · Models0 decades
  20. 20VMVeh Mihr Shapurdied 442 · Modelsnot measured—
  21. 21TTan-Shahpuhrdied 442 · Modelsnot 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.