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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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  1. 1Abd al-Rahman al-Awza'iAbd al-Rahman al-Awza'i707–774 · Actorsnot measured—
  2. 2HHafs709–796 · Actorsnot measured—
  3. 3Wasil ibn AtaWasil ibn Ata700–748 · Actors0 decades
  4. 4Nafi' al-MadaniNafi' al-Madani689–785 · Actorsnot measured—
  5. 5JBJahm bin Safwan696–745 · Actors0 decades
  6. 6IIIkrima ibn Abd Allah al-Barbari700–723 · Actorsnot measured—
  7. 7Muqātil ibn Sulaymān al-BalkhīMuqātil ibn Sulaymān al-Balkhī701–767 · Actorsnot measured—
  8. 8Hisham ibn UrwahHisham ibn Urwah680–763 · Actorsnot measured—
  9. 9ElipandoElipando717–808 · Actors0 decades
  10. 10Ibrahim al-NakhaiIbrahim al-Nakhai670–714 · Actorsnot measured—
  11. 11Sulayman ibn Mihran al-A’mashSulayman ibn Mihran al-A’mash681–765 · Actorsnot measured—
  12. 12Ibn JurayjIbn Jurayj699–767 · Actors0 decades
  13. 13Imam ZufarImam Zufar728–775 · Actors0 decades
  14. 14Muḥammad Ibn-al-Huḏail Abu-'l-Huḏail al-ʿAllāfMuḥammad Ibn-al-Huḏail Abu-'l-Huḏail al-ʿAllāf752–840 · Actorsnot measured—
  15. 15Hasan ibn ZaydHasan ibn Zayd750–884 · Actors0 decades
  16. 16AAAbd al-Wahid ibn Zaiddied 793 · Actorsnot measured—
  17. 17Odulf of StavorenOdulf of Stavoren750–865 · Actorsnot measured—
  18. 18Ḍirār ibn ʻAmr al-GhaṭafānīḌirār ibn ʻAmr al-Ghaṭafānī728–815 · Actorsnot measured—
  19. 19Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn al-HanafiyyahHasan ibn Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyahdied 718 · Actorsnot measured—
  20. 20Hovhannes III of OdzunHovhannes III of Odzundied 728 · Actorsnot 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.