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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. 1Erik the RedErik the Red950-1003 · 🇳🇴 Norway · Historical Figures11 decades
  2. 2Olaf TryggvasonOlaf Tryggvason960-1000 · 🇳🇴 Norway · Historical Figures18 decades
  3. 3Eric BloodaxeEric Bloodaxe895-954 · 🇳🇴 Norway0 decades
  4. 4Haakon the GoodHaakon the Good918-961 · 🇳🇴 Norway · Historical Figures0 decades
  5. 5Hákon SigurðssonHákon Sigurðsson930-995 · 🇳🇴 Norway · Modelsnot measured-
  6. 6Harald GreycloakHarald Greycloak935-970 · 🇳🇴 Norway · Historical Figures0 decades
  7. 7Gunnhild, Mother of KingsGunnhild, Mother of Kings910-980 · 🇳🇴 Norway · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  8. 8OOOhthere of Hålogaland900-901 · 🇳🇴 Norway · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  9. 9Sigmundur BrestissonSigmundur Brestisson961-1005 · 🇳🇴 Norway0 decades
  10. 10TAThorvald Asvaldsson920-980 · 🇳🇴 Norway0 decades
  11. 11TOTryggve Olafsson930-963 · 🇳🇴 Norway0 decades
  12. 12Sigurðr HákonarsonSigurðr Hákonarson895-962 · 🇳🇴 Norwaynot measured-
  13. 13HGHarald Grenske952-995 · 🇳🇴 Norway0 decades
  14. 14ÞHÞorbjörn Hornklofi900-1000 · 🇳🇴 Norway · Writersnot measured-
  15. 15ÞOÞjóðólfr of Hvinir900-930 · 🇳🇴 Norway · Writersnot measured-
  16. 16ESEyvindr skáldaspillir910-990 · 🇳🇴 Norway · Writers0 decades
  17. 17Ragnhild SigurdsdotterRagnhild Sigurdsdotter900-900 · 🇳🇴 Norwaynot measured-
  18. 18OHOlaf Haraldsson Geirstadalf895-934 · 🇳🇴 Norway · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  19. 19Snæbjörn GaltiSnæbjörn Galti910-978 · 🇳🇴 Norway · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  20. 20HGHåkon Grjotgardsson875-910 · 🇳🇴 Norwaynot measured-
  21. 21ÞÞangbrandrborn 900 · 🇳🇴 Norway · Religious Figures0 decades
  22. 22HBHerjólfur Bárðarson949-1099 · 🇳🇴 Norway · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  23. 23ÞÞÞurið Þorkilsdóttir960-1047 · 🇳🇴 Norwaynot measured-
  24. 24GEGamle Eirikssen910-955 · 🇳🇴 Norwaynot measured-
  25. 25TFTore fra Bjarkøy940-995 · 🇳🇴 Norwaynot measured-

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.