← 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
Boethius22 decades - 2
Belisarius22 decades - 3
Phocas22 decades - 4
Justin II21 decades - 5
Cassiodorus22 decades - 6
Suiko12 decades - 7
Emperor Wen of Sui0 decades - 8
Abū Lahab0 decades - 9
Amalasuntha12 decades - 10
Antoninanot measured- - 11
Agilulf14 decades - 12
Ouyang Xunnot measured- - 13John the Cappadocian0 decades
- 14Al-Nu'man III ibn al-Mundhirnot measured-
- 15Wacho0 decades
- 16
Soga no Umako0 decades - 17
Emperor Wenxuan of Northern Qinot measured- - 18
Gregory the Patrician0 decades - 19Emperor Xiaowu of Northern Weinot measured-
- 20Vitaliannot measured-
- 21
Gao Huan0 decades - 22Liberiusnot measured-
- 23Eutharic1 decades
- 24
Emperor Wu of Chennot measured- - 25
Quintus Aurelius Memmius Symmachus0 decades - 26Emperor Wucheng of Northern Qinot measured-
- 27
Hou Jing0 decades - 28Emperor Wen of Western Weinot measured-
- 29Emperor Jing of Liangnot measured-
- 30Mishil0 decades
- 31
Anicius Faustus Albinus Basilius0 decades - 32
Wang Shichong0 decades - 33Daughter of Emperor Xiaoming of Northern Weinot measured-
- 34
Soga no Iname0 decades - 35
Anjang0 decades - 36
Smaragdusnot measured- - 37
Lady of Ch'iao Kuonot measured- - 38Emperor Xiaozhao of Northern Qinot measured-
- 39Bonusnot measured-
- 40
Yang Su0 decades - 41Yuan Ye0 decades
- 42Emperor Fei of Western Weinot measured-
- 43
Isabu0 decades - 44Yuan Lang0 decades
- 45Emperor Jing of Western Liangnot measured-
- 46
Thothori Nyantsennot measured- - 47
Isaac the Armenian0 decades - 48Munderic0 decades
- 49Liu Heitanot measured-
- 50Audoinnot measured-
- 51Lu Lingxuannot measured-
- 52
Lady of Tikal0 decades - 53Xiao Zhuang0 decades
- 54Yuwen Shunot measured-
- 55Anicius Probus Juniornot measured-
- 56Yang Xuangan0 decades
- 57
Luo Yi1 decades - 58
Zhu Cannot measured- - 59Warnachar IInot measured-
- 60Sabinianusnot measured-
- 61Alla Amidasnot measured-
- 62
Strategius Apion0 decades - 63Caecina Decius Basiliusnot measured-
- 64Li Gui0 decades
- 65
Mononobe no Okoshi0 decades - 66Gao Yanzongnot measured-
- 67Gao Jiong0 decades
- 68Fu Yinot measured-
- 69Turcius Rufius Apronianus Asterius0 decades
- 70Caecina Mavortius Basilius Decius0 decades
- 71Empress Liu Jingyannot measured-
- 72Landric0 decades
- 73Protadiusnot measured-
- 74Gao Kaidaonot measured-
- 75Gao Yan0 decades
- 76Xiao Zong0 decades
- 77Mah-Adhur Gushnaspnot measured-
- 78Xiao Jinot measured-
- 79Xiao Lun0 decades
- 80Xu Yuanlangnot measured-
- 81Gundolandnot measured-
- 82Prince Xian of Hengyangnot measured-
- 83Ouyang He1 decades
- 84Warnachar Inot measured-
- 85Yu Shiji0 decades
- 86Erzhu Shilongnot measured-
- 87Xiao Ji0 decades
- 88
Berthoaldnot measured- - 89Paulinusnot measured-
- 90Gao Liang0 decades
- 91Chen Boxinnot measured-
- 92Chen Bomounot measured-
- 93Chen Bogunot measured-
- 94Cao Dunot measured-
- 95Chen Borennot measured-
- 96Yuan Yunot measured-
- 97Xiao Fangdengnot measured-
- 98Yuwen Danot measured-
- 99Gao Junnot measured-
- 100Yang Xuanjiangnot 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.