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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. 1Muhammad571-632 · Politiciansnot measured-
  2. 2Ali599-661 · Politiciansnot measured-
  3. 3Umar586-644 · Politiciansnot measured-
  4. 4Abu Bakr573-634 · Politicians18 decades
  5. 5Uthman574-656 · Politiciansnot measured-
  6. 6Hasan ibn Ali625-669 · Politicians0 decades
  7. 7Heraclius575-641 · Turkey · Politiciansnot measured-
  8. 8Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan646-705 · Politiciansnot measured-
  9. 9Marwan I623-685 · Politicians0 decades
  10. 10Emperor Gaozu of Tang566-635 · Politicians5 decades
  11. 11Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr624-692 · Politiciansnot measured-
  12. 12'Amr ibn al-'As570-664 · Politiciansnot measured-
  13. 13Pope Martin I598-655 · Italy · Politicians0 decades
  14. 14Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib568-653 · Politiciansnot measured-
  15. 15Constantine IV652-685 · Politicians13 decades
  16. 16Pepin of Herstal645-714 · Politicians0 decades
  17. 17Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf661-714 · Politicians0 decades
  18. 18Prince Shōtoku574-622 · Japan · Politicians0 decades
  19. 19Muawiyah I603-680 · Politicians0 decades
  20. 20Songtsen Gampo604-650 · China · Politicians3 decades
  21. 21Shahrbaraz600-630 · Politicians0 decades
  22. 22Tenji626-672 · Japan · Politicians1 decades
  23. 23Boran590-632 · Politiciansnot measured-
  24. 24Pepin of Landen585-640 · Politicians0 decades
  25. 25Di Renjie630-700 · China · Politiciansnot measured-
  26. 26Kubrat605-665 · Politiciansnot measured-
  27. 27Wei Zheng580-643 · Politiciansnot measured-
  28. 28Abd al-Rahman al-Ghafiqi650-732 · Politiciansnot measured-
  29. 29Amr ibn Hishām570-624 · Politiciansnot measured-
  30. 30Kim Yushin595-673 · Politicians0 decades
  31. 31Fujiwara no Kamatari614-669 · Japan · Politicians0 decades
  32. 32Muawiya II661-684 · Politicians0 decades
  33. 33Azarmidokhtdied 631 · Politiciansnot measured-
  34. 34Princess Wencheng628-680 · China · Politicians0 decades
  35. 35Heraclius the Elder600-610 · Politicians0 decades
  36. 36Ziyad ibn Abihi623-673 · Politicians0 decades
  37. 37Uija599-660 · Politicians0 decades
  38. 38Umayya ibn Khalaf600-624 · Politicians0 decades
  39. 39Grimoald the Elder615-657 · Politiciansnot measured-
  40. 40Bayan I600-602 · Politicians0 decades
  41. 41Abu Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah583-639 · Politiciansnot measured-
  42. 42Sa'd ibn Ubadah580-636 · Politiciansnot measured-
  43. 43Tonyukuk646-724 · Politicians0 decades
  44. 44Li Jiancheng589-626 · Politicians4 decades
  45. 45Empress Wei664-710 · Politicians0 decades
  46. 46Fujiwara no Fuhito659-720 · Japan · Politicians0 decades
  47. 47Bojang650-682 · Politiciansnot measured-
  48. 48Muqawqisdied 642 · Egypt · Politiciansnot measured-
  49. 49Cunipert660-700 · Politicians1 decades
  50. 50Sergius I of Constantinople565-638 · Politicians0 decades
  51. 51Nu'man ibn Bashir al-Ansari622-684 · Politiciansnot measured-
  52. 52Du Ruhui585-630 · Politiciansnot measured-
  53. 53Yohl Ik'nal600-604 · Mexico · Politicians0 decades
  54. 54Talhah595-656 · Politicians1 decades
  55. 55Qapaghan Qaghan601-716 · Politicians0 decades
  56. 56Yuwen Huaji569-619 · Politicians0 decades
  57. 57Ebroin650-681 · Politicians12 decades
  58. 58Seaxburh of Ely640-699 · Politiciansnot measured-
  59. 59Dou Jiande573-621 · Politicians0 decades
  60. 60Zubayr ibn al-Awam594-656 · Politiciansnot measured-
  61. 61Zhangsun Wuji594-659 · Politicians0 decades
  62. 62Ono no Imoko600-700 · Japan · Politicians0 decades
  63. 63Waltrude612-688 · Politicians0 decades
  64. 64Bidamdied 647 · Politiciansnot measured-
  65. 65Abe no Hirafu575-664 · Japan · Politicians0 decades
  66. 66Kumar Bhaskara Varman600-650 · Politiciansnot measured-
  67. 67Soga no Emishi586-645 · Japan · Politicians0 decades
  68. 68Aldgisl650-680 · Politicians0 decades
  69. 69Halfdan Hvitbeinn601-800 · Politiciansnot measured-
  70. 70Amshuverma600-621 · Politiciansnot measured-
  71. 71Abd-Allah ibn Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah650-800 · Politiciansnot measured-
  72. 72Eutychius650-752 · Politiciansnot measured-
  73. 73Mangsong Mangtsen601-676 · Politicians0 decades
  74. 74Erchinoald580-658 · Politicians0 decades
  75. 75Al-Dahhak ibn Qays al-Fihri625-684 · Politiciansnot measured-
  76. 76Gao Shilian576-647 · Politiciansnot measured-
  77. 77Abu al-Muhajir Dinar650-683 · Politiciansnot measured-
  78. 78Mezezius622-669 · Politicians0 decades
  79. 79Al-Ashdaqdied 689 · Politiciansnot measured-
  80. 80Ubayd Allah ibn Abbas622-705 · Politiciansnot measured-
  81. 81Khalid al-Qasri601-743 · Politicians0 decades
  82. 82Israel of Axumborn 600 · Politiciansnot measured-
  83. 83Flavius Decius Paulinus Iunior600-600 · Politiciansnot measured-
  84. 84Gundoald, Duke of Asti565-615 · Politiciansnot measured-
  85. 85Attab ibn Asid612-642 · Politicians0 decades
  86. 86Olympiusdied 652 · Politiciansnot measured-
  87. 87Li Zhong643-665 · Politicians0 decades
  88. 88Bishr ibn Marwan650-694 · Politicians0 decades
  89. 89Gungsrong Gungtsen601-649 · Politiciansnot measured-
  90. 90Eleutherius600-620 · Politiciansnot measured-
  91. 91Sa'd ibn al-Rabi'died 635 · Politiciansnot measured-
  92. 92Yahya ibn al-Hakamdied 690 · Politiciansnot measured-
  93. 93Prince Takechi654-696 · Japan · Politicians0 decades
  94. 94Xiao Xian583-621 · Politicians0 decades
  95. 95Pei Yandied 684 · Politicians0 decades
  96. 96Liu Rengui602-685 · Politicians0 decades
  97. 97Feng Deyi568-627 · Politicians0 decades
  98. 98Valashdied 673 · Politiciansnot measured-
  99. 99Xiao Yu574-647 · Politiciansnot measured-
  100. 100Buyeo Yung615-682 · Politiciansnot 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.