← 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
Cerdic of Wessex0 decades - 2
Kinmei0 decades - 3
Bidatsu0 decades - 4
Buretsu0 decades - 5Dhu Nuwas0 decades
- 6
Senka4 decades - 7
Ankan0 decades - 8
Ongentheownot measured- - 9Malaric0 decades
- 10
Smbat IV Bagratuninot measured- - 11
Eysteinnnot measured- - 12David Saharuni0 decades
- 13Surennot measured-
- 14Mushegh II Mamikoniannot measured-
- 15Zarmihr Karennot measured-
- 16Tamkhosraunot measured-
- 17Mjej I Gnuninot measured-
- 18Adhur Hordmizdnot 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.