← Fame through time600-699
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 coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Khosrow II0 decades - 2
Emperor Taizong of Tang8 decades - 3
Yazdegerd III0 decades - 4
Constans II18 decades - 5
Dagobert I0 decades - 6
Penda of Mercia0 decades - 7
Brunhilda of Austrasia0 decades - 8Emperor Gaozong of Tang0 decades
- 9
Chlothar II0 decades - 10
Queen Seondeok of Sillanot measured- - 11
Clovis II10 decades - 12
Asparuh of Bulgarianot measured- - 13
Oswald of Northumbria0 decades - 14
Theuderic III0 decades - 15
Emperor Zhongzong of Tangnot measured- - 16
Emperor Ruizong of Tangnot measured- - 17
Edwin of Northumbria2 decades - 18
Kōgyoku0 decades - 19
Recceswinthnot measured- - 20
Cædwalla of Wessex0 decades - 21
Chlothar III0 decades - 22
Cynegils11 decades - 23
Kavadh II0 decades - 24
Odo the Greatnot measured- - 25
Clovis IV0 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.