← 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
Sweyn Forkbeard0 decades - 3
John I Tzimiskes0 decades - 4
Constantine VIII1 decades - 5
Emperor Taizu of Song0 decades - 6
Romanos II0 decades - 7
Romanos I Lekapenos0 decades - 8
Emperor Taizong of Songnot measured- - 9
Hákon Sigurðssonnot measured- - 10
Udanot measured- - 11
Murakaminot measured- - 12
García Sánchez II of Pamplonanot measured- - 13
Sancho I of Pamplonanot measured- - 14
Daigonot measured- - 15
Suzakunot measured- - 16
Bermudo II of Leónnot measured- - 17
Emperor Reizei0 decades - 18
En'yū0 decades - 19
Lestek0 decades - 20
Geronot measured- - 21
Sancho II of Pamplonanot measured- - 22
García Sánchez I of Pamplonanot measured- - 23
Hermann Billung0 decades - 24
Alfonso Fróilaz2 decades - 25
Otto I, Duke of Carinthianot 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.