500–599
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 Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.
#PersonIn print, 1800–2019Echoed
- 1
Taliesin534–599 · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Writersnot measured— - 2
Malo520–621 · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Religious Figuresnot measured— - 3
Samson of Dol490–565 · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom0 decades - 4
Tudwal490–564 · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom1 decades - 5
Padarn500–510 · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Religious Figuresnot measured— - 6
Illtud480–540 · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Religious Figures0 decades - 7
Aaron of Aleth550–552 · 🇬🇧 United Kingdomnot measured— - 8
Armel482–570 · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Religious Figuresnot measured— - 9
Tysilio550–640 · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Religious Figures10 decades - 10
Deiniol530–584 · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Religious Figures12 decades - 11LHLlywarch Hen534–634 · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Writers11 decades
- 12
Tewdrigborn 550 · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Historical Figures3 decades - 13
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Non500–600 · 🇬🇧 United Kingdomnot measured— - 14
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Gwynllyw500–520 · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom1 decades - 15
Magloire535–575 · 🇬🇧 United Kingdomnot measured— - 16
Vortiporius475–540 · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Historical Figures0 decades - 17CCadfan530–590 · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Religious Figuresnot measured—
- 18
Saint Congar470–520 · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom0 decades - 19CGCynan Garwyn545–613 · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Historical Figures0 decades
- 20RARhun ap Maelgwn492–582 · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Historical Figures0 decades
- 21BABeli ap Rhun517–599 · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Historical Figuresnot measured—
- 22
Gwladysborn 500 · 🇬🇧 United Kingdomnot measured— - 23
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Almedhaborn 500 · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom0 decades - 24ODOwain Ddantgwyndied 517 · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom0 decades
- 25
Cybi483–555 · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Religious Figures8 decades - 26
Glywysdied 520 · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Historical Figures0 decades
How this is measured
- Placing people in time. Each person belongs to the century in which they were most active — around age 35, and never after their death.
- Who ranks highest. Within a century, people are ranked where two independent signals agree: how many of the world’s Wikipedia language editions cover them, and how many people actually read about them. Article counts alone can be lifted by a person’s own circle; readers cannot.
- Fame in print. The curves count how often a name appears in Google Books from 1800 to 2019, as a share of all the words printed each year, in the person’s own language wherever that corpus exists. Those decades are over, so each measurement is made once and kept.
- What is left out. A lifetime is measured only from 1820, when there is enough print to judge; the five years after a death are skipped as obituaries; and a name shared with someone equally notable is credited to neither.