← 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
Justinian I8 decades - 2
Clovis I0 decades - 3
Khosrow I0 decades - 4
Chlothar I0 decades - 5
Tiberius II Constantine0 decades - 6
Brendan the Navigator0 decades - 7
Totila22 decades - 8
Æthelberhtnot measured- - 9
Narses22 decades - 10
Chilperic I0 decades - 11
Clotildenot measured- - 12
Theodoranot measured- - 13
Kavad I0 decades - 14
Athalaric13 decades - 15
Reccared I11 decades - 16
Alboinnot measured- - 17
Charibert I0 decades - 18
Gelimer16 decades - 19
Childebert I0 decades - 20
Fredegundnot measured- - 21
Mauricenot measured- - 22
Rædwald of East Anglia0 decades - 23
Theuderic I0 decades - 24
Theodahad3 decades - 25
Hormizd IV0 decades - 26
Vitiges12 decades - 27
Sigebert I0 decades - 28
Radegund21 decades - 29
Chlodomer0 decades - 30
Armahnot measured- - 31
Liuvigild0 decades - 32
Guntramnot measured- - 33
Childebert II2 decades - 34
Theudebert I0 decades - 35
Rosamundnot measured- - 36
Amalaric7 decades - 37
Galswintha0 decades - 38
Ælle of Sussex0 decades - 39
Sigismund of Burgundy0 decades - 40
Chindasuinth0 decades - 41
Garibald I of Bavaria6 decades - 42
Theudebald0 decades - 43Fergus Mór0 decades
- 44
Theudis0 decades - 45
Mihirakula6 decades - 46
Sophianot measured- - 47
Bridei Inot measured- - 48Áedán mac Gabráin0 decades
- 49
Narasimhagupta0 decades - 50Istäminot measured-
- 51
Theudigisel0 decades - 52
Agila Inot measured- - 53Muqan Qaghannot measured-
- 54
Creoda of Mercianot measured- - 55
Toramana6 decades - 56Clephnot measured-
- 57
Al-Mundhir III ibn al-Nu'mannot measured- - 58
Sigobert the Lamenot measured- - 59
Liuva I0 decades - 60
Wuffa of East Anglianot measured- - 61Nechtan nepos Uerbnot measured-
- 62
Urien Rheged2 decades - 63Jinheung of Sillanot measured-
- 64Drest IVnot measured-
- 65Talorc IInot measured-
- 66Drest IIInot measured-
- 67
Arioald0 decades - 68
Wehha of East Anglianot measured- - 69
Aregund0 decades - 70Galam Cennalathnot measured-
- 71Oisc of Kentnot measured-
- 72Octa of Kentnot measured-
- 73Eormenric of Kentnot measured-
- 74
Æscwine of Essexnot measured- - 75
Owain mab Uriennot measured- - 76Waldradanot measured-
- 77
Tassilo I of Bavarianot measured- - 78Creoda of Wessexnot measured-
- 79
Audovera0 decades - 80Gartnait IInot measured-
- 81Amr ibn Ma'adi Yakribnot measured-
- 82
Kumaragupta III0 decades - 83Gabrán mac Domangairtnot measured-
- 84
Ragnachar0 decades - 85Beopheung of Sillanot measured-
- 86Tatonot measured-
- 87Godomar0 decades
- 88Guntheucnot measured-
- 89Chlodoric the Parricidenot measured-
- 90Sledd of Essexnot measured-
- 91Domangart Rétinot measured-
- 92Eochaid Buide0 decades
- 93Jinji of Sillanot measured-
- 94Ingund0 decades
- 95Adda of Bernicianot measured-
- 96Empress Dugu Qieluonot measured-
- 97Glappa of Bernicianot measured-
- 98Amalaberga0 decades
- 99Emperor Jing of Northern Zhounot measured-
- 100Drest Gurthinmoch0 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.