← 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
Igor of Kiev0 decades - 2
Louis V of France0 decades - 3
Louis IV of France0 decades - 4
Sviatoslav I of Kievnot measured- - 5
Abd al-Rahman III1 decades - 6
Lothair of France0 decades - 7
Taejo of Goryeonot measured- - 8
Malcolm II of Scotland0 decades - 9
Louis the Blind0 decades - 10
Rudolph of Francenot measured- - 11
Almanzor22 decades - 12Gwangjong of Goryeonot measured-
- 13
Berengar II of Italy0 decades - 14
Constantine III of Scotland0 decades - 15
Sancho I of León0 decades - 16
Cuilénnot measured- - 17
Al-Muqtadir0 decades - 18
Malcolm I of Scotland0 decades - 19
Matilda of Ringelheimnot measured- - 20
Abdullah al-Mahdi Billahnot measured- - 21
Gézanot measured- - 22
Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allahnot measured- - 23
Al-Muti0 decades - 24
Taksony of Hungarynot measured- - 25
Rudolph II of Burgundy0 decades - 26
Ramiro II of León0 decades - 27
Gerberga of Saxony0 decades - 28
Zoltán of Hungarynot measured- - 29
Al-Muktafi0 decades - 30
Al-Qa'im Bi-Amrillahnot measured- - 31
Al-Mustakfi0 decades - 32
Al-Qahir0 decades - 33
Al-Aziz Billahnot measured- - 34
Arnulf II, count of Flanders0 decades - 35
García I of Leónnot measured- - 36Gyeongjongnot measured-
- 37
Boleslaus II, Duke of Bohemia0 decades - 38
Gudit0 decades - 39
'Adud al-Dawla0 decades - 40
Arnulf I, Count of Flanders0 decades - 41
Ordoño III of Leónnot measured- - 42
Alp Tigin0 decades - 43
García Fernández of Castile14 decades - 44
Doubravka of Bohemianot measured- - 45
Adelaide-Blanche of Anjounot measured- - 46
Li Siyuannot measured- - 47
Pietro II Orseolo0 decades - 48
Emma of Italynot measured- - 49
Alberic II of Spoleto0 decades - 50
Ælfthryth, Countess of Flandersnot measured- - 51
Arduin of Ivrea0 decades - 52
Al-Mansur Billahnot measured- - 53
Sayf al-Dawla0 decades - 54
Adalbert of Italynot measured- - 55
Baldwin III, Count of Flandersnot measured- - 56Jawhar al-Siqilli0 decades
- 57
Didda0 decades - 58Bardas Phokas the Youngernot measured-
- 59Vasilios Lekapenosnot measured-
- 60Abu Tahir al-Jannabi0 decades
- 61
Theobald I, Count of Blois0 decades - 62
Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshidnot measured- - 63Ibn Muqla0 decades
- 64
Pietro I Orseolo0 decades - 65
Pietro IV Candiano0 decades - 66
'Imad al-Dawla0 decades - 67Henry V, Duke of Bavarianot measured-
- 68
Leo Phokas the Youngernot measured- - 69
Emperor Gaozu of Later Jinnot measured- - 70Alberic I of Spoleto0 decades
- 71
Mu'izz al-Dawla0 decades - 72
Sunyer, Count of Barcelonanot measured- - 73Li Congkenot measured-
- 74
Borrell II, Count of Barcelona0 decades - 75
Ashot III of Armenia0 decades - 76Shi Chongguinot measured-
- 77
Časlav of Serbianot measured- - 78
At-Ta'i0 decades - 79Zhu Zhen0 decades
- 80
Mumadona Dias0 decades - 81
Michael of Hungary0 decades - 82
Vushmgirnot measured- - 83
Domenico I Contarininot measured- - 84Emperor Min of Later Tangnot measured-
- 85Emperor Liezu of Southern Tangnot measured-
- 86Reginar III, Count of Hainaut0 decades
- 87Adele of Vermandoisnot measured-
- 88
Nasir al-Dawla0 decades - 89Reginar IV, Count of Monsnot measured-
- 90Yahya ibn Idris ibn Umarnot measured-
- 91Zaharija of Serbianot measured-
- 92
Kou Zhun0 decades - 93
Pietro II Candianonot measured- - 94Yaʿqub ibn Killisnot measured-
- 95
Pietro III Candianonot measured- - 96
Pietro Participazio4 decades - 97
Abd al-Malik I0 decades - 98
Vitale Candiano0 decades - 99Adalbert II, Margrave of Tuscanynot measured-
- 100
Michael Bourtzes0 decades
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.