← 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
Nestorius22 decades - 2
Simeon Stylites22 decades - 3
Orosius22 decades - 4
Sidonius Apollinaris22 decades - 5
Macrobius22 decades - 6
Buddhaghosa15 decades - 7
Tao Yuanming10 decades - 8
Claudian22 decades - 9Socrates of Constantinople0 decades
- 10
Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus0 decades - 11
Moses of Chorene11 decades - 12Sozomen22 decades
- 13
Egeria22 decades - 14Quintus Smyrnaeus0 decades
- 15
Stobaeus22 decades - 16Dares Phrygius10 decades
- 17
Hesychius of Alexandria0 decades - 18
Tao Hongjing6 decades - 19Shen Yuenot measured-
- 20
Xie Lingyun5 decades - 21Fan Yenot measured-
- 22
Jacob of Serugh0 decades - 23Julius Firmicus Maternus1 decades
- 24Zosimusnot measured-
- 25Pei Songzhinot measured-
- 26
Philostorgius21 decades - 27
Bozorgmehr3 decades - 28Rutilius Claudius Namatianus0 decades
- 29Salvian22 decades
- 30Hydatius3 decades
- 31Marcellinus Comes0 decades
- 32
Nilus of Sinai0 decades - 33
Hilary of Arles1 decades - 34
Coelius Sedulius0 decades - 35Olympiodorus of Thebes0 decades
- 36Constantinenot measured-
- 37
Maximus of Turin0 decades - 38
Avianus8 decades - 39Liu Xienot measured-
- 40Liu Yiqingnot measured-
- 41Gennadius of Massilia0 decades
- 42Shanfara1 decades
- 43Eugippius2 decades
- 44
Bao Zhaonot measured- - 45Palladasnot measured-
- 46
Ghazar Parpetsi0 decades - 47
Juvencus19 decades - 48Narsai8 decades
- 49Dracontius13 decades
- 50
Yeghishenot measured- - 51Faustus of Byzantium0 decades
- 52Victor of Vita0 decades
- 53Marcellus Empiricus0 decades
- 54
Koryun0 decades - 55
Theodorus Lector1 decades - 56Jiang Yannot measured-
- 57Isaiah of Gaza0 decades
- 58Xie Tiaonot measured-
- 59Gregory of Elvira11 decades
- 60Paeanius0 decades
- 61
Symphosius1 decades - 62Yang Xuanzhinot measured-
- 63Charisiusnot measured-
- 64Marius Mercator5 decades
- 65Aristaenetus8 decades
- 66Li Daoyuan0 decades
- 67Saloniusnot measured-
- 68Christodorus0 decades
- 69Guṇabhadra0 decades
- 70Vibius Sequester1 decades
- 71Sulpicius Alexander0 decades
- 72
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Eleutherius of Tournai0 decades - 73Isaac of Antioch0 decades
- 74Claudianus Mamertus0 decades
- 75Celernot measured-
- 76Nummius Aemilianus Dexter0 decades
- 77John Rufus0 decades
- 78Latinius Pacatus Drepanius0 decades
- 79Laila bint Lukaiznot measured-
- 80Paulinus of Pella0 decades
- 81Panodorus of Alexandrianot measured-
- 82Renatus Profuturus Frigeridus0 decades
- 83
Tiberius Claudius Donatus0 decades - 84Constantius of Lyon0 decades
- 85Paulinus the Deacon0 decades
- 86Anatoliusnot measured-
- 87Eustathius of Epiphania0 decades
- 88
Kulayb ibn Rabianot measured- - 89Severus Sanctus Endelechius0 decades
- 90Auspicius of Toul0 decades
- 91Arusianus Messius0 decades
- 92Vinidarius0 decades
- 93Victor of Capua0 decades
- 94Cyprianus18 decades
- 95Eucheria0 decades
- 96Paulin de Périgueuxnot measured-
- 97Prince Hayabusawakenot measured-
- 98Claudius Marius Victorius0 decades
- 99Flavius Rusticus Helpidiusnot measured-
- 100Cyrillona0 decades
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.