← 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
Taliesinnot measured- - 2
Malonot measured- - 3
Samson of Dol0 decades - 4
Aaron of Alethnot measured- - 5
Illtud0 decades - 6
Tewdrig3 decades - 7
Tudwal1 decades - 8
Deiniol12 decades - 9
Padarnnot measured- - 10
Gwynllyw1 decades - 11Llywarch Hen11 decades
- 12
Vortiporius0 decades - 13
Tysilio10 decades - 14
Nonnot measured- - 15
Armelnot measured- - 16Cynan Garwyn0 decades
- 17Beli ap Rhunnot measured-
- 18Cadfannot measured-
- 19
Cybi8 decades - 20
Saint Congar0 decades - 21
Magloirenot measured- - 22
Almedha0 decades - 23
Gwladysnot measured- - 24Owain Ddantgwyn0 decades
- 25Rhun ap Maelgwn0 decades
- 26
Glywysnot measured- - 27Tangwystl ach Brychannot measured-
- 28Meurig ap Idnerthnot measured-
- 29
Machesnot measured- - 30Saint Bilonot measured-
- 31Sant ap Ceredignot 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.