← Fame through time900-999
The 10th century
Whose working lives fell in the 10th 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 10th century, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Hugh Capet22 decades - 2
Charles the Simple19 decades - 3
Pope Sylvester II16 decades - 4
Louis IV of France0 decades - 5
Richard II22 decades - 6
Richard I of Normandy0 decades - 7
William Longsword11 decades - 8
Lothair of France0 decades - 9
Hugh the Great13 decades - 10
Rudolph of Francenot measured- - 11
Hugh of Italy7 decades - 12
Gerberga of Saxony0 decades - 13
Gisela of France0 decades - 14
Geoffrey I, Count of Anjounot measured- - 15
Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine0 decades - 16Frederick I, Duke of Upper Lorrainenot measured-
- 17
Odilo of Cluny0 decades - 18
Emma of France0 decades - 19Dudo of Saint-Quentin0 decades
- 20
Frederunanot measured- - 21Luitgarde of Vermandoisnot measured-
- 22
Majolus of Cluny0 decades - 23Willa of Tuscanynot measured-
- 24Richerus0 decades
- 25
Fulk of Reims0 decades - 26
Fulcran0 decades - 27Adalbero II of Ardenne0 decades
- 28William III of Provencenot measured-
- 29
Gerard I of Toul6 decades - 30
Adalberonnot measured- - 31Bouchard II of Montmorency0 decades
- 32Aymard of Clunynot measured-
- 33Litaud I, Count of Mâconnot measured-
- 34Theoderic I of Hamelantnot measured-
- 35Bernard I of Armagnacnot measured-
- 36
Artald of Reimsnot measured- - 37
Mauriliusnot measured- - 38Gerald I of Armagnacnot measured-
- 39Renaud of Vendôme0 decades
- 40Folcuin of Lobbes0 decades
- 41Guy of Anjou0 decades
- 42John of Avranchesnot measured-
- 43Odalricnot measured-
- 44Richard de Blois0 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.