← 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
Theodosius II22 decades - 2
Julius Nepos5 decades - 3
Arcadius22 decades - 4
Flavius Aetius0 decades - 5
Justin I4 decades - 6
Marciannot measured- - 7
Petronius Maximus2 decades - 8
Avitusnot measured- - 9
Anthemiusnot measured- - 10
Galla Placidia19 decades - 11
Libius Severus0 decades - 12
Constantius III0 decades - 13Orestesnot measured-
- 14
Joannesnot measured- - 15
Syagrius18 decades - 16
Ricimer22 decades - 17
Kumaragupta I1 decades - 18
Priscusnot measured- - 19
Leo I the Thraciannot measured- - 20
Aspar21 decades - 21Aegidiusnot measured-
- 22
Pharamondnot measured- - 23
Licinia Eudoxia0 decades - 24
Vakhtang I of Iberianot measured- - 25
Emperor Wen of Liu Songnot 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.