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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. 1Suiko554-628 · Japan · Politicians12 decades
  2. 2Kinmei509-571 · Japan · Models0 decades
  3. 3Bidatsu538-585 · Japan · Models0 decades
  4. 4Buretsu489-507 · Japan · Models0 decades
  5. 5Senka467-539 · Japan · Models4 decades
  6. 6Ankan466-536 · Japan · Models0 decades
  7. 7Soga no Umako551-626 · Japan · Politicians0 decades
  8. 8Mononobe no Moriya550-587 · Japan0 decades
  9. 9Soga no Iname506-570 · Japan · Politicians0 decades
  10. 10Tori Busshiborn 550 · Japan · Artists0 decades
  11. 11Mononobe no Okoshiborn 550 · Japan · Politicians0 decades
  12. 12Takamuko no Kuromaro550-654 · Japan · Writers0 decades
  13. 13Ōtomo no Satehikoborn 550 · Japannot measured-
  14. 14Hachiko562-641 · Japan1 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.