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.

CountryAll🇯🇵 Japan🇩🇪 Germany🇫🇷 France🇬🇧 United Kingdom🇮🇹 Italy🇨🇳 China🇪🇬 Egypt🇪🇸 Spain🇹🇷 Turkey🇲🇽 Mexico
FieldAllHistorical FiguresWritersPoliticiansReligious FiguresAcademicsActorsModelsScientistsArtistsMusicians
  1. 1Nikephoros INikephoros I750–811 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Models0 decades
  2. 2Leo IV the KhazarLeo IV the Khazar750–780 · Models0 decades
  3. 3Emperor KanmuEmperor Kanmu737–806 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Models0 decades
  4. 4Anastasios IIAnastasios II700–719 · Models0 decades
  5. 5Alfonso II of AsturiasAlfonso II of Asturias759–842 · Models0 decades
  6. 6Bermudo I of AsturiasBermudo I of Asturias750–797 · Modelsnot measured—
  7. 7YIYusuf ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Fihri711–759 · Modelsnot measured—
  8. 8Aurelius of AsturiasAurelius of Asturias740–774 · Modelsnot measured—
  9. 9KōninKōnin709–782 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Models0 decades
  10. 10AIAl-Samh ibn Malik al-Khawlani700–721 · Modelsnot measured—
  11. 11Emperor Suzong of TangEmperor Suzong of Tang711–762 · Modelsnot measured—
  12. 12Emperor Daizong of TangEmperor Daizong of Tang727–779 · 🇨🇳 China · Modelsnot measured—
  13. 13HOHyegong of Silla758–780 · Modelsnot measured—
  14. 14BIBoniface I, Margrave of Tuscany701–823 · Models0 decades
  15. 15TITassilo II of Bavaria700–719 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Models9 decades
  16. 16LantfridLantfrid700–730 · Models0 decades
  17. 17ʻAʻAbd al-Wahhāb ibn ʻAbd al-Raḥman740–820 · Modelsnot measured—
  18. 18BIBalj ibn Bishr al-Qushayridied 742 · Modelsnot measured—
  19. 19ALAbu l-Khattar al-Husam ibn Darar al-Kalbidied 745 · Modelsnot measured—
  20. 20TIThuwaba ibn Salama al-Judhamiborn 746 · Modelsnot 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.