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← 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. 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-
  26. 26Pope Stephen VIIdied 931 · Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  27. 27Ælfheah of Canterbury954-1012 · Religious Figures0 decades
  28. 28Pope Marinus II900-946 · Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  29. 29Willigis940-1011 · Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  30. 30Ce Acatl Topiltzinborn 947 · Mexico · Religious Figures0 decades
  31. 31Bernward of Hildesheim960-1022 · Germany · Religious Figures21 decades
  32. 32Æthelwold of Winchester904-984 · Religious Figures0 decades
  33. 33Conrad of Constance900-975 · Germany · Religious Figures10 decades
  34. 34Ælfric of Abingdon901-1005 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  35. 35William, Archbishop of Mainz929-968 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  36. 36Pope Donus II910-974 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  37. 37Oda the Severedied 958 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  38. 38Sigeric the Seriousdied 994 · United Kingdom · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  39. 39Rudesind907-977 · Religious Figures0 decades
  40. 40Egbert950-993 · Germany · Religious Figures14 decades
  41. 41Slavomír900-900 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  42. 42Fulk of Reims900-900 · France · Religious Figures0 decades
  43. 43Astrik955-1030 · Hungary · Religious Figures0 decades
  44. 44Wiching900-912 · Religious Figures0 decades
  45. 45Fulcran901-1006 · France · Religious Figures0 decades
  46. 46Adalbero II of Ardenne958-1005 · France · Religious Figures0 decades
  47. 47Egbert the One-Eyed932-994 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  48. 48Gerard I of Toul935-994 · France · Religious Figures6 decades
  49. 49Hugh of Vermandois920-962 · Religious Figures3 decades
  50. 50Adaldag900-988 · Germany · Religious Figures21 decades
  51. 51Alferius931-1050 · Religious Figures0 decades
  52. 52Adalberon925-989 · France · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  53. 53Æthelnoth950-1038 · Religious Figures0 decades
  54. 54Gebhard of Constance949-995 · Germany · Religious Figures15 decades
  55. 55Þangbrandrborn 900 · Norway · Religious Figures0 decades
  56. 56Adabero I of Ardenne910-962 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  57. 57Jordan966-984 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  58. 58Ælfheah the Bald950-951 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  59. 59Unni900-936 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  60. 60Ælfsigedied 959 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  61. 61Theoderic I of Hamelantdied 984 · France · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  62. 62Artald of Reims900-961 · France · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  63. 63Piligrim of Passau920-991 · Religious Figures0 decades
  64. 64Dietmar I, Archbishop of Salzburg900-907 · Germany · Religious Figures15 decades
  65. 65Maurilius901-1067 · France · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  66. 66Lyfing950-1020 · Religious Figures1 decades
  67. 67Renaud of Vendôme950-1016 · France · Religious Figures0 decades
  68. 68Cathróe of Metz900-970 · United Kingdom · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  69. 69Adalgar900-909 · Religious Figures0 decades
  70. 70Abraham of Freisingdied 993 · Religious Figures0 decades
  71. 71Ruotbert von Trier900-956 · Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  72. 72Ealdwulf950-1002 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  73. 73Leo I of Cava950-1079 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  74. 74Ananias I of Armeniadied 965 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  75. 75Ratbod900-915 · Religious Figures0 decades
  76. 76Shinjaku-hosshinnō886-927 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  77. 77Franco of Tongeren900-903 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  78. 78Sebestyén, Archbishop of Esztergom950-1036 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  79. 79Erkanbald901-1021 · Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  80. 80Æthelgar950-990 · United Kingdom · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  81. 81Manasse d'Arlesborn 890 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  82. 82Giovanni Vincenzo955-1000 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  83. 83John of Avranches955-1079 · France · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  84. 84Odalricdied 969 · France · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  85. 85Pilgrim I900-923 · Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  86. 86Gombaldborn 950 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  87. 87Beóán of Mortlach901-1001 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  88. 88Abbo900-937 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  89. 89Landolfo Iborn 901 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  90. 90Walthard950-1012 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  91. 91Grimlaic900-1000 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  92. 92Emmanuel Idied 960 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  93. 93Brun II. von Verden950-1049 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  94. 94Forannandied 982 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  95. 95Vitale Candiano940-1012 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  96. 96Daniel of Cornwallborn 900 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  97. 97Comoere900-1000 · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  98. 98Burchard II of Lyon960-1030 · Religious Figuresnot 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.