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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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  1. 1Husayn ibn AliHusayn ibn Ali626–680 · Academics0 decades
  2. 2XuanzangXuanzang602–664 · 🇨🇳 China · Academics1 decades
  3. 3BBrahmagupta598–670 · 🇮🇳 India · Academics16 decades
  4. 4Maximus the ConfessorMaximus the Confessor579–662 · 🇮🇱 Israel · Academics6 decades
  5. 5Hasan al-BasriHasan al-Basri642–728 · Academics2 decades
  6. 6HuinengHuineng638–713 · 🇨🇳 China · Academics4 decades
  7. 7John ClimacusJohn Climacus579–649 · Academics4 decades
  8. 8Isaac of NinevehIsaac of Nineveh640–700 · Academics1 decades
  9. 9Li ChunfengLi Chunfeng602–670 · Academicsnot measured—
  10. 10Abu Musa al-Ash'ariAbu Musa al-Ash'ari602–665 · Academicsnot measured—
  11. 11Ka'b al-AhbarKa'b al-Ahbar600–650 · Academics0 decades
  12. 12Anania ShirakatsiAnania Shirakatsi610–685 · Academics0 decades
  13. 13Abu al-Aswad al-Du'aliAbu al-Aswad al-Du'ali603–688 · Academicsnot measured—
  14. 14BBhaskara-I600–680 · Academics0 decades
  15. 15BhartṛhariBhartṛhari570–651 · Academics1 decades
  16. 16David AnhaghtDavid Anhaght600–600 · Academics0 decades
  17. 17FazangFazang643–712 · Academics2 decades
  18. 18CandrakīrtiCandrakīrti600–650 · 🇮🇳 India · Academics2 decades
  19. 19Kong YingdaKong Yingda574–648 · Academics3 decades
  20. 20HIHammām ibn Munabbih660–750 · Academicsnot measured—
  21. 21SOStephen of Alexandria600–622 · Academics0 decades
  22. 22Habib ibn MuzahirHabib ibn Muzahir605–680 · Academicsnot measured—
  23. 23WoncheukWoncheuk613–696 · Academicsnot measured—
  24. 24UAUrwah al-Bariqidied 681 · Academicsnot measured—
  25. 25UisangUisang625–702 · Academics0 decades
  26. 26Seol ChongSeol Chongborn 655 · Academics0 decades
  27. 27WXWang Xiaotong580–640 · Academics0 decades
  28. 28Antiochus of PalestineAntiochus of Palestine600–700 · Academics0 decades
  29. 29YFYeh Fa-shan631–720 · Academicsnot measured—
  30. 30AOAthanasius of Balad634–686 · Academics0 decades
  31. 31HMHovnan Mayravanetsi572–650 · Academicsnot 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.