Claim profile
700–799

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 Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.

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FieldAllHistorical FiguresWritersPoliticiansReligious FiguresAcademicsActorsModelsScientistsArtistsMusicians
  1. 1Emperor KanmuEmperor Kanmu737–806 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Models0 decades
  2. 2MonmuMonmu683–707 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Historical Figures0 decades
  3. 3KōkenKōken718–770 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  4. 4ShōmuShōmu701–756 · 🇯🇵 Japan0 decades
  5. 5GenshōGenshō680–748 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Politicians0 decades
  6. 6JunninJunnin733–765 · 🇯🇵 Japan0 decades
  7. 7KōninKōnin709–782 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Models0 decades
  8. 8Tachibana no MoroeTachibana no Moroe684–757 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  9. 9Sakanoue no TamuramaroSakanoue no Tamuramaro758–811 · 🇯🇵 Japan0 decades
  10. 10Ō no YasumaroŌ no Yasumarodied 723 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  11. 11Ōtomo no YakamochiŌtomo no Yakamochi718–785 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Politicians0 decades
  12. 12Prince SawaraPrince Sawara750–785 · 🇯🇵 Japan0 decades
  13. 13Chūjō-himeChūjō-hime753–781 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured—
  14. 14Abe no NakamaroAbe no Nakamaro698–770 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  15. 15Sakanoue no KaritamaroSakanoue no Karitamaro727–786 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured—
  16. 16HNHieda no Are700–800 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  17. 17Inoe-naishinnōInoe-naishinnō717–775 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured—
  18. 18Agata Inukai no MichiyoAgata Inukai no Michiyo665–733 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured—
  19. 19Toneri-shinnōToneri-shinnō676–735 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured—
  20. 20TNTachibana no Naramaro721–757 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Historical Figures0 decades
  21. 21Fujiwara no ToyonariFujiwara no Toyonari704–766 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Politicians0 decades
  22. 22Fujiwara no MuchimaroFujiwara no Muchimaro680–737 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Politicians0 decades
  23. 23DōkyōDōkyō700–772 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Politiciansnot measured—
  24. 24Ōtomo no TabitoŌtomo no Tabito665–731 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured—
  25. 25Kibi no MakibiKibi no Makibi695–775 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Academics0 decades
  26. 26GyōkiGyōki668–749 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Scientists0 decades
  27. 27KōmyōKōmyō701–760 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured—
  28. 28Fujiwara no NagateFujiwara no Nagate714–771 · 🇯🇵 Japan0 decades
  29. 29Fujiwara no TsuginawaFujiwara no Tsuginawa727–796 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured—
  30. 30BodhisenaBodhisena704–760 · 🇯🇵 Japan0 decades
  31. 31Prince NagayaPrince Nagaya684–729 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Politicians0 decades
  32. 32Fujiwara no UmakaiFujiwara no Umakai694–737 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  33. 33ŌNŌtomo no Otomaro731–809 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured—
  34. 34FNFujiwara no Nakamaro706–764 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  35. 35FNFujiwara no Otomuro760–790 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured—
  36. 36Fujiwara no FusasakiFujiwara no Fusasaki681–737 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Politicians0 decades
  37. 37Fujiwara no HirotsuguFujiwara no Hirotsugudied 740 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  38. 38TNTakano no Niigasa720–790 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  39. 39Fujiwara no UchimaroFujiwara no Uchimaro756–812 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured—
  40. 40FNFujiwara no Tanetsugu737–785 · 🇯🇵 Japan0 decades
  41. 41Fujiwara no MomokawaFujiwara no Momokawa732–779 · 🇯🇵 Japan0 decades
  42. 42SSakahito754–829 · 🇯🇵 Japan0 decades
  43. 43Fujiwara no NakanariFujiwara no Nakanari764–810 · 🇯🇵 Japan0 decades
  44. 44Fujiwara no MiyakoFujiwara no Miyako683–754 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured—
  45. 45HHozumi-shinnōdied 715 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured—
  46. 46Fujiwara no MaroFujiwara no Maro695–737 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Politicians0 decades
  47. 47KKibi-naishinnō686–729 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured—
  48. 48LKLady Kasa700–800 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  49. 49TTokuitsu749–843 · 🇯🇵 Japan0 decades
  50. 50NNaga690–715 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured—
  51. 51Fujiwara no UonaFujiwara no Uona721–783 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured—
  52. 52Wake no KiyomaroWake no Kiyomaro733–799 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Politicians0 decades
  53. 53RōbenRōben689–774 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured—
  54. 54Fujiwara no KiyokawaFujiwara no Kiyokawa715–779 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  55. 55TTakata675–728 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured—
  56. 56ŌNŌtomo no Komarodied 757 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured—
  57. 57KNKi no Kosami733–797 · 🇯🇵 Japan0 decades
  58. 58Fujiwara no MatateFujiwara no Matate715–766 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured—
  59. 59Isonokami no YakatsuguIsonokami no Yakatsugu729–781 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  60. 60OOsabe-shinnō761–775 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured—
  61. 61FFuwa-naishinnō723–795 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured—
  62. 62KNKudara no Nagatsuguborn 750 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured—
  63. 63NNoto-naishinnō733–781 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured—
  64. 64ŌNŌtomo no Naganushiborn 750 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured—
  65. 65NNaniwanaishinnōdied 773 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured—
  66. 66HHieda-shinnō751–782 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured—
  67. 67KKKudaranokonikishi Kyōhō750–840 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured—
  68. 68AAte-naishinnō750–855 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured—
  69. 69FFuse-naishinnō750–812 · 🇯🇵 Japannot 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.