← 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
Otto I, Holy Roman Emperornot measured- - 2
Henry the Fowlernot measured- - 3
Louis the Child22 decades - 4
Conrad I of Germanynot measured- - 5
Henry II, Duke of Bavarianot measured- - 6
Arnulf, Duke of Bavarianot measured- - 7
Henry Inot measured- - 8
Widukind of Corvey0 decades - 9
Liudolf, Duke of Swabianot measured- - 10
Gotthard of Hildesheimnot measured- - 11
Otto I, Duke of Swabia and Bavarianot measured- - 12
Willigisnot measured- - 13Gershom ben Judah0 decades
- 14
Adalbertnot measured- - 15Henry V, Duke of Bavarianot measured-
- 16
Bernward of Hildesheim21 decades - 17
Dirk I, Count of Hollandnot measured- - 18Henry III, Duke of Bavarianot measured-
- 19Lanzelin of Altenburg7 decades
- 20
Adelaide, Abbess of Vilich0 decades - 21
Conrad of Constance10 decades - 22
Otto II, Duke of Swabianot measured- - 23
Welf III, Count of Altdorf7 decades - 24Herman I, Count Palatine of Lotharingianot measured-
- 25Berthold of Schweinfurt0 decades
- 26Poppo, Duke of Thuringia0 decades
- 27
Wichmann the Younger0 decades - 28
Hatto II0 decades - 29
Egbert14 decades - 30Herbert of Wetterau0 decades
- 31William II, Count of Weimarnot measured-
- 32
Aquilinus of Milannot measured- - 33
Adaldag21 decades - 34
Hedwig of Swabia20 decades - 35William I of Weimarnot measured-
- 36
Gebhard of Constance15 decades - 37Tyrker3 decades
- 38Rudolf II, Count of Altdorfnot measured-
- 39
Arnulf of Bavaria5 decades - 40Wigger Inot measured-
- 41Dietmar I, Archbishop of Salzburg15 decades
- 42Berchtold I de Bavière0 decades
- 43
Ruotbert von Triernot measured- - 44Wigbert de Misnienot measured-
- 45Volkmar I0 decades
- 46
Erkanbaldnot measured- - 47Pilgrim Inot measured-
- 48Poppon II de Rottnot 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.