← Fame through time500-599
The 6th century
Whose working lives fell in the 6th 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 6th century, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Chlothar I0 decades - 2
Gregory of Tours22 decades - 3
Clotildenot measured- - 4
Fredegundnot measured- - 5
Medardus5 decades - 6
Germain of Paris0 decades - 7
Albinus of Angers0 decades - 8
Saint Marcouf22 decades - 9
Eustace of Luxeuil0 decades - 10
Attala0 decades - 11
Austregisilus0 decades - 12
Quintian of Rodeznot measured- - 13
Martin of Vertou17 decades - 14Caesaria of Arles0 decades
- 15
Severinus von Parisnot measured- - 16
Flavius of Rouennot 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.