← Fame through time700-799
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 coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Emperor Kanmu0 decades - 2
Kōkennot measured- - 3
Shōmu0 decades - 4
Genshō0 decades - 5
Monmu0 decades - 6
Kōnin0 decades - 7
Sakanoue no Tamuramaro0 decades - 8
Junnin0 decades - 9
Ōtomo no Yakamochi0 decades - 10
Abe no Nakamaro0 decades - 11
Ō no Yasumaro0 decades - 12Hieda no Are0 decades
- 13
Kōmyōnot measured- - 14
Toneri-shinnōnot measured- - 15Ōtomo no Otomaronot measured-
- 16
Dōkyōnot measured- - 17
Kibi no Makibi0 decades - 18
Bodhisena0 decades - 19
Chūjō-himenot measured- - 20Fujiwara no Nakamaro0 decades
- 21
Gyōki0 decades - 22
Prince Nagaya0 decades - 23
Fujiwara no Fusasaki0 decades - 24
Fujiwara no Muchimaro0 decades - 25Fujiwara no Otomuronot measured-
- 26
Fujiwara no Umakai0 decades - 27
Ōtomo no Tabitonot measured- - 28
Prince Sawara0 decades - 29
Tachibana no Moroe0 decades - 30
Inoe-naishinnōnot measured- - 31
Wake no Kiyomaro0 decades - 32
Agata Inukai no Michiyonot measured- - 33
Fujiwara no Maro0 decades - 34
Fujiwara no Miyakonot measured- - 35Takano no Niigasanot measured-
- 36Tachibana no Naramaro0 decades
- 37
Sakanoue no Karitamaronot measured- - 38Kibi-naishinnōnot measured-
- 39Sakahito0 decades
- 40
Rōbennot measured- - 41
Fujiwara no Uonanot measured- - 42Lady Kasa0 decades
- 43
Fujiwara no Toyonari0 decades - 44
Fujiwara no Matatenot measured- - 45Ōtomo no Komaronot measured-
- 46
Fujiwara no Nakanari0 decades - 47
Fujiwara no Kiyokawa0 decades - 48Fujiwara no Tanetsugu0 decades
- 49
Fujiwara no Nagate0 decades - 50Fujiwara no Yoshitsugunot measured-
- 51
Fujiwara no Uchimaronot measured- - 52
Fujiwara no Momokawa0 decades - 53
Fujiwara no Hirotsugu0 decades - 54
Wake no Hiromushinot measured- - 55
Fujiwara no Tsuginawanot measured- - 56Hozumi-shinnōnot measured-
- 57Osabe-shinnōnot measured-
- 58Naganot measured-
- 59Fuwa-naishinnōnot measured-
- 60
Isonokami no Yakatsugu0 decades - 61Kudara no Nagatsugunot measured-
- 62Takatanot measured-
- 63Ki no Kosami0 decades
- 64Noto-naishinnōnot measured-
- 65Tokuitsu0 decades
- 66Fujiwara no Kiyonarinot measured-
- 67
Fujiwara no Kurajimaronot measured- - 68Ōtomo no Naganushinot measured-
- 69Naniwanaishinnōnot measured-
- 70Kudaranokonikishi Kyōhōnot measured-
- 71Hieda-shinnōnot measured-
- 72Ate-naishinnōnot measured-
- 73Ōtomo no Koshibinot measured-
- 74Fujiwara no Moroanenot measured-
- 75Fuse-naishinnōnot measured-
- 76Kibi no Yurinot measured-
- 77Mimoro no Ōharanot 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.