Claim profile
600–699

The 7th century

Whose working lives fell in the 7th 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 7th century, ranked where Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.

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FieldAllHistorical FiguresWritersPoliticiansReligious FiguresAcademicsBusiness ProfessionalsScientistsModelsMusiciansActors
  1. 1TenmuTenmu631–686 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Models1 decades
  2. 2TenjiTenji626–672 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Politicians1 decades
  3. 3GenmeiGenmei661–721 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  4. 4JitōJitō645–703 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  5. 5KōgyokuKōgyoku594–661 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Historical Figures0 decades
  6. 6Prince ShōtokuPrince Shōtoku574–622 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Politicians0 decades
  7. 7JomeiJomei593–641 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  8. 8KōtokuKōtoku596–654 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  9. 9KōbunKōbun648–672 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Models0 decades
  10. 10PKPrince Kusakabe662–689 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  11. 11Fujiwara no KamatariFujiwara no Kamatari614–669 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Politicians0 decades
  12. 12PTPrincess Tōchi648–678 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured—
  13. 13Kakinomoto no HitomaroKakinomoto no Hitomaro662–710 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  14. 14En no GyōjaEn no Gyōja634–700 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  15. 15EYEmpress Yamatoborn 650 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  16. 16Fujiwara no FuhitoFujiwara no Fuhito659–720 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Politicians0 decades
  17. 17Abe no HirafuAbe no Hirafu575–664 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Politicians0 decades
  18. 18Ōtomo no KotekoŌtomo no Kotekoborn 650 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured—
  19. 19Ono no ImokoOno no Imoko600–700 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Politicians0 decades
  20. 20PNPrincess Nukata630–690 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  21. 21Awata no MahitoAwata no Mahito650–719 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Historical Figures0 decades
  22. 22SNSoga no Emishi586–645 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Politicians0 decades
  23. 23YNYamanoue no Okura660–733 · 🇯🇵 Japan0 decades
  24. 24PMPrincess Minabeborn 660 · 🇯🇵 Japan0 decades
  25. 25PTPrince Takechi654–696 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Politicians0 decades
  26. 26Prince ŌtsuPrince Ōtsu663–686 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured—
  27. 27Prince YamashiroPrince Yamashirodied 643 · 🇯🇵 Japan0 decades
  28. 28PŌPrincess Ōku661–702 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured—
  29. 29NNiitabe650–699 · 🇯🇵 Japan0 decades
  30. 30ONOsakabe no Miko650–705 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured—
  31. 31PAPrincess Asuka650–700 · 🇯🇵 Japan0 decades
  32. 32Isonokami no Ason MaroIsonokami no Ason Maro640–717 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured—
  33. 33GenbōGenbō650–746 · 🇯🇵 Japan0 decades
  34. 34DDōshō629–700 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured—
  35. 35PŌPrincess Ōtadied 667 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured—
  36. 36Princess YamanobePrincess Yamanobe650–686 · 🇯🇵 Japan0 decades
  37. 37Ōno no AzumabitoŌno no Azumabito650–742 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured—
  38. 38PTPrincess Tajima650–708 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  39. 39YYuge690–699 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured—
  40. 40JōeJōe643–666 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured—
  41. 41TTaki-no-himemiko650–751 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured—
  42. 42PŌPrincess Ōe650–699 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured—
  43. 43IIzumi650–734 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured—
  44. 44ONOno no Emishidied 677 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured—
  45. 45ŌŌnu650–724 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured—
  46. 46MMinushi650–737 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  47. 47HHatsusebe650–741 · 🇯🇵 Japan0 decades
  48. 48MMihara-ō650–752 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured—
  49. 49NNNakatomi no Ōshimaborn 650 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured—

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.