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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. 1Pope John XII937-964 · Italy · Religious Figures7 decades
  2. 2Pope Sylvester IIdied 1003 · France · Religious Figures16 decades
  3. 3Pope Gregory V972-999 · Religious Figures0 decades
  4. 4Pope Lando900-914 · Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  5. 5Pope Benedict V900-965 · Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  6. 6Muhammad al-Mahdiborn 869 · Religious Figures0 decades
  7. 7Pope Leo VIdied 928 · Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  8. 8Pope John XI910-936 · Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  9. 9Pope John XIIIdied 972 · Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  10. 10Pope Benedict IV900-903 · Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  11. 11Adalbert of Prague956-997 · Religious Figures0 decades
  12. 12Dunstan909-988 · United Kingdom · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  13. 13Pope Leo VIIdied 939 · Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  14. 14Pope Benedict VIdied 974 · Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  15. 15Asser900-909 · United Kingdom · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  16. 16Ulrich of Augsburg890-973 · Religious Figures21 decades
  17. 17Pope John XVIIdied 1003 · Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  18. 18Romuald951-1027 · Italy · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  19. 19Herbert II, Count of Vermandois880-943 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  20. 20Pope John XVIIIdied 1009 · Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  21. 21Bruno the Great925-965 · Religious Figures0 decades
  22. 22Wolfgang of Regensburg924-994 · Religious Figures15 decades
  23. 23Pope Agapetus II900-955 · Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  24. 24Pope Benedict VIIdied 983 · Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  25. 25Gotthard of Hildesheim960-1038 · Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured-
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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.