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.

#PersonIn print, 1800–2019Echoed

1Aisha614–678 · Writersnot measured—
2Fatimah604–632 · Writers20 decades
3Wu Zetian624–705 · 🇨🇳 China · Writers8 decades
4Khalid ibn al-Walid592–642 · Writers0 decades
5Yazid I646–683 · Writers0 decades
6Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin659–713 · Writersnot measured—
7Hamza ibn Abdul-Muttalib568–625 · Writersnot measured—
8Salman the Persian568–657 · Writers0 decades
9AAAbd Allah ibn Abbas619–688 · Writers0 decades
10Wang Bo650–676 · Writers4 decades
11AIAmmar ibn Yasir570–657 · Writers0 decades
12Pope John IV600–642 · Writers0 decades
13Shangguan Wan'er664–710 · Writersnot measured—
14HBHind bint Utbah576–635 · Writers0 decades
15Chen Zi'ang661–702 · Writers8 decades
16Fang Xuanling578–648 · Writersnot measured—
17Luo Binwang640–684 · Writersnot measured—
18He Zhizhang659–744 · Writers4 decades
19ISIbn Sirin653–729 · Writers0 decades
20Sisebut565–621 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Writers6 decades
21Harsha590–647 · 🇮🇳 India · Writers22 decades
22Genmei661–721 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
23Leodegar616–678 · Writers0 decades
24Jitō645–703 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
25EZEmpress Zhangsun601–636 · Writersnot measured—
26al-Khansāʼ575–645 · Writers0 decades
27Audoin609–686 · Writers6 decades
28TSTheophylact Simocatta580–630 · Writers3 decades
29Emperor Yang of Sui569–618 · Writers2 decades
30SBSafiyyah bint ‘Abd al-Muttalib570–640 · Writersnot measured—
31Saint Amandus600–676 · Writers0 decades
32Braulio of Zaragoza590–651 · Writers21 decades
33Aldhelm639–709 · Writers22 decades
34Urwah ibn Zubayr644–713 · Writers0 decades
35Sebeos600–700 · Writers3 decades
36KIKa'b ibn al-Ashraf600–624 · Writersnot measured—
37XHXu Hui627–650 · Writers1 decades
38Malik al-Ashtar585–658 · Writers0 decades
39Germanus I of Constantinople634–733 · Writers0 decades
40Andrew of Crete660–740 · Writers1 decades
41Anastasius Sinaita630–701 · Writers0 decades
42Qays Ibn al-Mulawwah644–688 · Writersnot measured—
43Adomnán624–704 · Writers3 decades
44'Abd Allah ibn Rawahahdied 629 · Writersnot measured—
45Al-Farazdaq641–728 · Writers0 decades
46'B'Asma' bint Marwandied 624 · Writersnot measured—
47LZLiu Zhiji661–721 · Writers3 decades
48IIImran ibn Husaindied 673 · Writersnot measured—
49PKPrince Kusakabe662–689 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
50AAAl-Akhtal al-Taghlibi640–709 · Writersnot measured—
51Lu Zhaolin634–680 · Writersnot measured—
52Jarir ibn Atiyah650–728 · Writersnot measured—
53Aldfrith600–705 · Writers4 decades
54Eleazar ben Killir600–700 · Writers21 decades
55Wahb ibn Munabbih655–738 · Writers0 decades
56Yao Chong650–721 · Writers0 decades
57ASAbu Sufyan ibn al-Harith565–652 · Writersnot measured—
58UIUmar ibn Abi Rabi'ah644–712 · Writers0 decades
59Yijing635–713 · Writers3 decades
60ABAtika bint Zayddied 672 · Writersnot measured—
61Kakinomoto no Hitomaro662–710 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
62GPGeorgius Pisida580–634 · Writers0 decades
63Jacob of Edessa633–708 · Writers0 decades
64AIAdi ibn Hatim572–687 · Writers0 decades
65Shuraih Al-Qadhi593–697 · Writersnot measured—
66ABAtikah bint Yaziddied 701 · Writersnot measured—
67En no Gyōja634–700 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
68AAl-A'sha570–629 · Writers0 decades
69Zhang Yue663–730 · Writers1 decades
70EYEmpress Yamatoborn 650 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
71WJWang Ji585–644 · Writersnot measured—
72Du Shenyan645–708 · Writers0 decades
73YSYan Shigu581–645 · Writersnot measured—
74LTLi Tai618–652 · Writers2 decades
75MBMaisun bint Bahdaldied 700 · Writersnot measured—
76Sun Guoting646–691 · Writers0 decades
77Amir al-Sha'bi641–723 · Writers0 decades
78AAl-Ḥuṭayʾah600–665 · Writersnot measured—
79Qatarí ibn al-Fujaa650–697 · Writersnot measured—
80Valerio of Bierzo630–695 · Writers0 decades
81ZJZhang Jianzhi625–706 · Writers0 decades
82Abu Mihjandied 638 · Writers0 decades
83LYLi Yifu614–666 · Writers0 decades
84BBāṇabhaṭṭa585–650 · Writers0 decades
85SISuraqa ibn Malik600–645 · Writers0 decades
86ZRZhang Ruoxu660–720 · Writersnot measured—
87NINasr ibn Sayyar663–748 · Writers0 decades
88Bertin615–698 · Writersnot measured—
89CSChu Suiliang597–658 · Writers0 decades
90Jindeok of Silla650–654 · Writersnot measured—
91DODidier of Cahors580–655 · Writers0 decades
92SQShen Quanqi656–714 · Writers0 decades
93TITufayl ibn Amr588–633 · Writersnot measured—
94Shandao613–681 · Writers0 decades
95Chen Yuanguang657–711 · Writers0 decades
96A'Abu 'Afakdied 624 · Writers0 decades
97Eugenius III of Toledodied 657 · Writersnot measured—
98Layla al-Aamiriya648–688 · Writersnot measured—
99GAGhazala al-Haruriyyaborn 650 · Writersnot measured—
100SISulaym ibn Qays620–705 · Writers0 decades

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.