← 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
Æthelstan11 decades - 3
Vladimir the Great4 decades - 4
Pope John XII7 decades - 5
Hugh Capet22 decades - 6
Ferdowsi7 decades - 7
Al-Farabi7 decades - 8
Basil II20 decades - 9
Olga of Kiev0 decades - 10
Erik the Red11 decades - 11
Edward the Elder22 decades - 12
Edmund I1 decades - 13
Pope Leo VIII0 decades - 14
Harald Bluetooth1 decades - 15
Henry the Fowlernot measured- - 16
Sweyn Forkbeard0 decades - 17
Charles the Simple19 decades - 18
Pope Sylvester II16 decades - 19
Edred of Englandnot measured- - 20
Edward the Martyr13 decades - 21
Eadwig14 decades - 22
Pope Gregory V0 decades - 23
Constantine VII14 decades - 24
Pope Lando0 decades - 25
Otto II, Holy Roman Emperornot measured- - 26
Pope Benedict V0 decades - 27
Igor of Kiev0 decades - 28
Muhammad al-Mahdi0 decades - 29Ahmad ibn Fadlan0 decades
- 30
Leo VI the Wise0 decades - 31
Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemianot measured- - 32Ivar the Boneless0 decades
- 33
Mieszko Inot measured- - 34
Alexandernot measured- - 35
Nikephoros II Phokas0 decades - 36
Eric Bloodaxe0 decades - 37
Louis V of France0 decades - 38
John I Tzimiskes0 decades - 39
Louis IV of France0 decades - 40
Sviatoslav I of Kievnot measured- - 41
Olaf Tryggvason18 decades - 42
Brian Boru19 decades - 43
Abd al-Rahman III1 decades - 44
Æthelflæd1 decades - 45
Al-Zahrawi0 decades - 46
Richard II22 decades - 47
Constantine VIII1 decades - 48
Pope Leo VI0 decades - 49
Pope John XI0 decades - 50
Richard I of Normandy0 decades - 51
Emperor Taizu of Song0 decades - 52
Gorm the Old1 decades - 53
William Longsword11 decades - 54
Pope John XIII0 decades - 55
Louis the Child22 decades - 56
Romanos II0 decades - 57Ælfweard of Wessexnot measured-
- 58
Al-Masudi0 decades - 59
Lothair of France0 decades - 60
Conrad I of Germanynot measured- - 61
Adelaide of Italy0 decades - 62
Taejo of Goryeonot measured- - 63
Rajaraja I4 decades - 64
Hugh the Great13 decades - 65
Eric the Victorious0 decades - 66
Pope Benedict IV0 decades - 67
Samuel of Bulgaria0 decades - 68
Theophanu2 decades - 69
Malcolm II of Scotland0 decades - 70
Louis the Blind0 decades - 71
Adalbert of Prague0 decades - 72
Edgar the Peaceful0 decades - 73
Rudolph of Francenot measured- - 74
Al-Mutanabbi0 decades - 75
Almanzor22 decades - 76
Haakon the Good0 decades - 77Saadia Gaon22 decades
- 78
Romanos I Lekapenos0 decades - 79Abhinavagupta10 decades
- 80
Gregory of Narek0 decades - 81
Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razinot measured- - 82
Dunstannot measured- - 83Gwangjong of Goryeonot measured-
- 84
Marozia16 decades - 85
Tomislav of Croatia0 decades - 86
Berengar II of Italy0 decades - 87
Hrotsvitha4 decades - 88
Constantine III of Scotland0 decades - 89
Hywel Dda8 decades - 90
Harald Greycloak0 decades - 91
Sancho I of León0 decades - 92
Indulf5 decades - 93
Pope Leo VII0 decades - 94
Cuilénnot measured- - 95
Sabuktigin0 decades - 96
Emperor Taizong of Songnot measured- - 97
Yaropolk I of Kievnot measured- - 98
Li Yunot measured- - 99
Al-Muqtadir0 decades - 100
Kenneth II of Scotland0 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.