← 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
Charlemagne22 decades - 2
Pepin the Short20 decades - 3
Rolandnot measured- - 4
Tariq ibn Ziyad0 decades - 5
Pelagius of Asturiasnot measured- - 6
Constantine V8 decades - 7
Carloman I0 decades - 8
Childeric III9 decades - 9
Roderic22 decades - 10
Dihya0 decades - 11
Krum20 decades - 12
Abu Muslim9 decades - 13
Alfonso I of Asturias0 decades - 14
Hildegard of Vinzgouwnot measured- - 15
Desideriusnot measured- - 16
Theuderic IV0 decades - 17
Kōkennot measured- - 18
Chilperic II0 decades - 19
Inenot measured- - 20
Wittiza22 decades - 21
Dagobert III0 decades - 22Idris Ibn Abdallahnot measured-
- 23Cynewulf21 decades
- 24
Childebert III0 decades - 25Sigeberhtnot 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.