← 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- - 26
Priscus Attalus0 decades - 27Valamir1 decades
- 28
Cuneddanot measured- - 29
Hypatiusnot measured- - 30Mavia3 decades
- 31
Jovinusnot measured- - 32
Leo II14 decades - 33Chrysaphiusnot measured-
- 34Ovidanot measured-
- 35
Flavius Felix0 decades - 36Pompeiusnot measured-
- 37
Flavius Areobindus Dagalaifus Areobindusnot measured- - 38Mallobaudes0 decades
- 39Empress Dowager Fengnot measured-
- 40
Anastasiusnot measured- - 41Heraclianusnot measured-
- 42Sunno0 decades
- 43Ardaburnot measured-
- 44Emperor Ming of Southern Qinot measured-
- 45Castinusnot measured-
- 46
Tonantius Ferreolus0 decades - 47Ecdicius5 decades
- 48
Tan Daoji0 decades - 49
al-Muhalhil0 decades - 50Fravittanot measured-
- 51Xiao Zhaowennot measured-
- 52
Aphilas0 decades - 53
Prætextatus0 decades - 54
MHDYS0 decades - 55
Empress Dowager Hu0 decades - 56
Ouazebas0 decades - 57Anicius Probinus0 decades
- 58
Onegesius4 decades - 59Juqu Mujiannot measured-
- 60Cyrus of Panopolis0 decades
- 61
Decius Marius Venantius Basilius0 decades - 62Anagast0 decades
- 63
Manlius Boethius0 decades - 64John the Scythian0 decades
- 65Dagalaifusnot measured-
- 66Rufius Petronius Nicomachus Cethegusnot measured-
- 67Halfdan the Old0 decades
- 68John the Hunchback0 decades
- 69
Fritigil0 decades - 70Messius Phoebus Severus0 decades
- 71Procopius Anthemius0 decades
- 72
Caecina Decius Maximus Basilius0 decades - 73
Rufius Antonius Agrypnius Volusianus0 decades - 74Bassus Herculanus0 decades
- 75Peter Barsymes0 decades
- 76Flavius Albinus iuniornot measured-
- 77Marinusnot measured-
- 78Gennadius Avienus0 decades
- 79
Iitoyo Iide empressnot measured- - 80
Abundantius2 decades - 81Adergoudounbadesnot measured-
- 82Liu Yikang0 decades
- 83Valeriusnot measured-
- 84Flavius Constantinus0 decades
- 85
Rufius Achilius Sividiusnot measured- - 86Anicius Acilius Aginantius Faustusnot measured-
- 87
Astyrius0 decades - 88
Eucheriusnot measured- - 89Symmachusnot measured-
- 90Caesariusnot measured-
- 91
Mononobe no Arakabinot measured- - 92Soga no Komanot measured-
- 93Vettius Agorius Basilius Mavortius0 decades
- 94Sigisvultus0 decades
- 95Lausus20 decades
- 96
Rufius Gennadius Probus Orestesnot measured- - 97Rufius Postumius Festusnot measured-
- 98Hermenericus0 decades
- 99Liu Yigongnot measured-
- 100Ennodius Messalanot 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.