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The 8th century

Whose working lives fell in the 8th 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 8th century, ranked where coverage and readership agree.

  1. 1Widukind755-807 · Germanynot measured-
  2. 2Tassilo III, Duke of Bavaria742-794 · Germany10 decades
  3. 3Saint Sturm704-779 · Germany · Religious Figures0 decades
  4. 4Lul710-786 · Germany · Religious Figures21 decades
  5. 5Sebaldus750-800 · Germanynot measured-
  6. 6Burchard I683-755 · Germany · Religious Figures0 decades
  7. 7Magnus of Füssen683-756 · Germany · Religious Figures0 decades
  8. 8Grimoald of Bavaria700-725 · Germany · Historical Figures1 decades
  9. 9Odo of Metz742-814 · Germany · Architects0 decades
  10. 10Winibald702-761 · Germany · Religious Figures1 decades
  11. 11Tassilo II of Bavaria700-719 · Germany · Models9 decades
  12. 12Simpert750-807 · Germany · Religious Figures20 decades
  13. 13Agilulfus of Cologne750-751 · Germany · Religious Figures0 decades
  14. 14Gregory of Utrecht700-780 · Germany · Religious Figures2 decades
  15. 15Rupert of Bingen712-732 · Germany0 decades
  16. 16Eoban699-754 · Germany · Religious Figures22 decades
  17. 17Megingoz of Würzburg710-783 · Germany · Religious Figures0 decades
  18. 18Gaubald700-761 · Germany · Religious Figures0 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.