← 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- - 26
Bologhine ibn Zirinot measured- - 27
Toda of Pamplonanot measured- - 28Boso, Margrave of Tuscanynot measured-
- 29
Eckard I, Margrave of Meissennot measured- - 30Dedo I of Wettinnot measured-
- 31
Ahmad Samani0 decades - 32Meng Zhixiang0 decades
- 33Berthold of Schweinfurt0 decades
- 34
Odo I, Margrave of the Saxon Ostmarknot measured- - 35
Arduin Glabernot measured- - 36Mujāhid al-‘Āmirīnot measured-
- 37
Sugandhanot measured- - 38Lambert, Margrave of Tuscanynot measured-
- 39Qian Hongzongnot measured-
- 40Liu Chang2 decades
- 41Otbert II of Milannot measured-
- 42Hubert, Duke of Spoletonot measured-
- 43
Thietmar, Margrave of Meissen0 decades - 44Liu Yannot measured-
- 45
Siegfried, Count of Merseburgnot measured- - 46Jimeno Garcés of Pamplonanot measured-
- 47Poppo I, Margrave of Carniola0 decades
- 48Bori Teginnot measured-
- 49Al Qasim Guennounnot measured-
- 50Al-Hajjam al-Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn al-Qassimnot measured-
- 51Liu Fen0 decades
- 52Yang Longyannot measured-
- 53
Arnulf, Count of Hollandnot measured- - 54Gao Conghuinot measured-
- 55Álvaro Herraméliznot measured-
- 56Gao Jichongnot measured-
- 57Demetrius III of Abkhazianot measured-
- 58Gao Baoxunot measured-
- 59William I, Marquess of Montferratnot measured-
- 60Anscar of Spoletonot measured-
- 61Gao Baorongnot measured-
- 62Boniface, Count of Bolognanot measured-
- 63Ramon II of Ribagorzanot measured-
- 64
Bernardo I de Ribagorzanot measured- - 65Tota, Countess of Ribagorzanot measured-
- 66Dadone di Pombianot measured-
- 67Wigbert de Misnienot measured-
- 68William Isarnnot measured-
- 69Llop I de Pallarsnot 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.