Claim profile
900–999

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 Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.

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  1. 1GenshinGenshin942–1017 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured—
  2. 2Ki no TsurayukiKi no Tsurayuki866–945 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  3. 3YōzeiYōzei869–949 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured—
  4. 4Akazome EmonAkazome Emon956–1100 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  5. 5Fujiwara no TadahiraFujiwara no Tadahira880–949 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  6. 6IseIse875–938 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured—
  7. 7Fujiwara no Michitsuna no HahaFujiwara no Michitsuna no Haha935–995 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured—
  8. 8Ōshikōchi no MitsuneŌshikōchi no Mitsune900–925 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured—
  9. 9Fujiwara no KoretadaFujiwara no Koretada924–972 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  10. 10Kiyohara no MotosukeKiyohara no Motosuke908–990 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  11. 11Minamoto no ShitagōMinamoto no Shitagō911–983 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured—
  12. 12Takashina no TakakoTakashina no Takakodied 996 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured—
  13. 13Fujiwara no MichinobuFujiwara no Michinobu972–994 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  14. 14Fujiwara no OkikazeFujiwara no Okikaze900–1000 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  15. 15Minamoto no ShigeyukiMinamoto no Shigeyukidied 1000 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  16. 16Minamoto no MuneyukiMinamoto no Muneyuki900–940 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  17. 17Kiyohara no FukayabuKiyohara no Fukayabuborn 900 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  18. 18Fujiwara no AsatadaFujiwara no Asatada910–967 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  19. 19Ōnakatomi no YoshinobuŌnakatomi no Yoshinobu921–991 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured—
  20. 20Taira no KanemoriTaira no Kanemoridied 991 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  21. 21Fujiwara no KanesukeFujiwara no Kanesuke877–933 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  22. 22Fujiwara no YoshitakaFujiwara no Yoshitaka954–974 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  23. 23Fujiwara no SadakataFujiwara no Sadakata873–932 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  24. 24Fujiwara no AtsutadaFujiwara no Atsutada906–943 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  25. 25NakatsukasaNakatsukasa912–991 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  26. 26Minamoto no HitoshiMinamoto no Hitoshi880–951 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured—
  27. 27Motoyoshi-shinnōMotoyoshi-shinnō890–943 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured—
  28. 28Saigū no NyōgoSaigū no Nyōgo929–985 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured—
  29. 29Ōe no ChisatoŌe no Chisatoborn 900 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured—
  30. 30Minamoto no KintadaMinamoto no Kintada889–948 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  31. 31Minamoto no SaneakiraMinamoto no Saneakira910–970 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  32. 32Harumichi no TsurakiHarumichi no Tsurakidied 920 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  33. 33ANAriwara no Motokata899–999 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  34. 34RyōzenRyōzen901–1099 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  35. 35Kodai no KimiKodai no Kimiborn 945 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured—
  36. 36Fujiwara no TakamitsuFujiwara no Takamitsu939–994 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  37. 37EgyōEgyōborn 945 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured—
  38. 38Uma no NaishiUma no Naishi949–1011 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  39. 39FNFujiwara no Tametoki950–1029 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  40. 40ŌNŌnakatomi no Sukechika954–1038 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured—
  41. 41Ōnakatomi no YorimotoŌnakatomi no Yorimoto886–958 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured—
  42. 42Fujiwara no KiyotadaFujiwara no Kiyotada950–958 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured—
  43. 43Fujiwara no NakafumiFujiwara no Nakafumi923–992 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured—
  44. 44Ōe no MasahiraŌe no Masahira952–1012 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured—
  45. 45TNTaira no Sadafumi872–923 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured—
  46. 46KNKi no Tokibumi922–996 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades

How this is measured

  • Placing people in time. Each person belongs to the century in which they were most active — around age 35, and never after their death.
  • Who ranks highest. Within a century, people are ranked where two independent signals agree: how many of the world’s Wikipedia language editions cover them, and how many people actually read about them. Article counts alone can be lifted by a person’s own circle; readers cannot.
  • Fame in print. The curves count how often a name appears in Google Books from 1800 to 2019, as a share of all the words printed each year, in the person’s own language wherever that corpus exists. Those decades are over, so each measurement is made once and kept.
  • What is left out. A lifetime is measured only from 1820, when there is enough print to judge; the five years after a death are skipped as obituaries; and a name shared with someone equally notable is credited to neither.