← 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
Nikephoros I0 decades - 2
Leo IV the Khazar0 decades - 3
Emperor Kanmu0 decades - 4
Alfonso II of Asturias0 decades - 5
Emperor Suzong of Tangnot measured- - 6
Emperor Daizong of Tangnot measured- - 7
Kōnin0 decades - 8
Bermudo I of Asturiasnot measured- - 9
Aurelius of Asturiasnot measured- - 10Yusuf ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Fihrinot measured-
- 11Al-Samh ibn Malik al-Khawlaninot measured-
- 12
Anastasios II0 decades - 13Hyegong of Sillanot measured-
- 14Tassilo II of Bavaria9 decades
- 15ʻAbd al-Wahhāb ibn ʻAbd al-Raḥmannot measured-
- 16Balj ibn Bishr al-Qushayrinot measured-
- 17
Lantfrid0 decades - 18Boniface I, Margrave of Tuscanynot measured-
- 19Abu l-Khattar al-Husam ibn Darar al-Kalbinot measured-
- 20Thuwaba ibn Salama al-Judhaminot 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.