← 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
Charles Martelnot measured- - 2
Irene of Athens0 decades - 3
Justinian II21 decades - 4
Abd al-Rahman I0 decades - 5
Al-Mansur4 decades - 6
Al-Walid I0 decades - 7
Constantine VI12 decades - 8
Marwan II0 decades - 9
Sulayman ibn Abd al-Maliknot measured- - 10
Al-Mahdi4 decades - 11
Hisham ibn Abd al-Maliknot measured- - 12
Umar II1 decades - 13
Tiberius III0 decades - 14
Al-Walid II0 decades - 15
Yazid II0 decades - 16
Al-Hadi0 decades - 17
Carlomannot measured- - 18
Yazid III0 decades - 19
Ibrahim ibn al-Walidnot measured- - 20
Paolo Lucio Anafesto0 decades - 21
Genshō0 decades - 22
Ja'far ibn Yahya0 decades - 23
Hisham I of Córdobanot measured- - 24Princess Taiping0 decades
- 25Al-Muqanna0 decades
- 26Abd al-Aziz ibn Musanot measured-
- 27
Ōtomo no Yakamochi0 decades - 28Abd al-Aziz ibn Marwannot measured-
- 29Saman Khuda0 decades
- 30
Marcello Tegallianonot measured- - 31
Drogo of Champagne0 decades - 32
Teodato Ipato22 decades - 33Theudoald0 decades
- 34
Ügyeknot measured- - 35Yazid ibn al-Muhallab0 decades
- 36
John VII of Constantinoplenot measured- - 37
Munuza1 decades - 38
Yahya ibn Khalid0 decades - 39
Guo Ziyi0 decades - 40
Arechis II of Beneventonot measured- - 41Sevar of Bulgarianot measured-
- 42
Adalgis0 decades - 43
Grimoald the Youngernot measured- - 44Ragenfrid0 decades
- 45
Dantidurga4 decades - 46
Pietro Tradonico0 decades - 47
Galla Gaulo0 decades - 48
Seongdeok of Sillanot measured- - 49
Abu Hafs2 decades - 50Yang Guozhong0 decades
- 51
Domenico Monegario0 decades - 52An Qingxu0 decades
- 53Sadnalegsnot measured-
- 54
Giovanni I Participazio0 decades - 55
Dōkyōnot measured- - 56Count Cassiusnot measured-
- 57Anbasa ibn Suhaym Al-Kalbinot measured-
- 58Paulnot measured-
- 59Abd al-Rahman ibn Rustumnot measured-
- 60Al-Hurr ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Thaqafinot measured-
- 61
Prince Nagaya0 decades - 62Tridu Songtsennot measured-
- 63
Fujiwara no Fusasaki0 decades - 64
Fujiwara no Muchimaro0 decades - 65Abdallah ibn Abd al-Maliknot measured-
- 66Yazid ibn Umar al-Fazarinot measured-
- 67Harald Granraudenot measured-
- 68Me Agtsomnot measured-
- 69Adelperga0 decades
- 70Muné Tsenponot measured-
- 71Abd al-Rahman ibn Habib al-Fihrinot measured-
- 72Musa ibn Fortúnnot measured-
- 73
Michael of Synnada0 decades - 74Al-Fadl ibn al-Rabi'not measured-
- 75Ali ibn Isa ibn Mahannot measured-
- 76Kormesiy of Bulgarianot measured-
- 77Yazid ibn Mazyad al-Shaybaninot measured-
- 78
Wake no Kiyomaro0 decades - 79Domenico Leoninot measured-
- 80Aetios0 decades
- 81Drogonot measured-
- 82
Amrus ibn Yusufnot measured- - 83
Fujiwara no Maro0 decades - 84Surkhab Inot measured-
- 85Basil Onomagoulosnot measured-
- 86Abd al-Malik ibn Qatn al-Fihrinot measured-
- 87Abu Salama al-Khallal0 decades
- 88Abān ibn al-Walīdnot measured-
- 89Feng Changqing0 decades
- 90Abu Awn Abd al-Malik ibn Yazidnot measured-
- 91Fortun ibn Qassinot measured-
- 92
Uthman ibn Abi Nis'a al-Judh'aminot measured- - 93Gioviano Cepaniconot measured-
- 94John II Platinusnot measured-
- 95Xue Song0 decades
- 96Giovanni Fabriciaconot measured-
- 97Li Lin5 decades
- 98Adelard of Spoletonot measured-
- 99
Yimouxunnot measured- - 100
Fujiwara no Toyonari0 decades
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.