← 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
Li Bai11 decades - 2
Bede22 decades - 3
Du Fu11 decades - 4
Emperor Xuanzong of Tang3 decades - 5
Abu Nuwas6 decades - 6
Wang Wei9 decades - 7
Ibn Ishaq7 decades - 8
Paul the Deacon22 decades - 9
Yang Guifei2 decades - 10
Theophanes the Confessor0 decades - 11Ibn Hišām0 decades
- 12
Lu Yu1 decades - 13
Emperor Dezong of Tangnot measured- - 14
Rabia of Basra0 decades - 15
Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidinot measured- - 16Al-Waqidi0 decades
- 17
Ibn al-Muqaffa'0 decades - 18
Theodore the Studite0 decades - 19
Wang Changling6 decades - 20
Yeshe Tsogyel0 decades - 21
Ludger20 decades - 22
Nikephoros I of Constantinoplenot measured- - 23
Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri0 decades - 24Al-Khayzuran0 decades
- 25
Gao Shinot measured- - 26
Theodulf of Orléans0 decades - 27
Benedict of Aniane6 decades - 28
Hisham ibn al-Kalbi0 decades - 29
Meng Haoran6 decades - 30
Abe no Nakamaro0 decades - 31
Angilbert12 decades - 32
Ō no Yasumaro0 decades - 33Wang Zhihuannot measured-
- 34Emperor Shang of Tangnot measured-
- 35
Abu-l-'Atahiyanot measured- - 36
Cen Shen4 decades - 37Cui Haonot measured-
- 38
Saint Pirmin0 decades - 39Wei Yingwunot measured-
- 40
Chrodegang12 decades - 41Abu Mikhnaf0 decades
- 42
Adalard of Corbie0 decades - 43
Theodore Abu-Qurrahnot measured- - 44
Bashshar ibn Burd0 decades - 45
Yan Zhenqing0 decades - 46Hieda no Are0 decades
- 47Robert I, Count of Hesbayenot measured-
- 48Shi Siming0 decades
- 49Sayf ibn Umarnot measured-
- 50
Toneri-shinnōnot measured- - 51Wang Xuancenot measured-
- 52
Cosmas of Maiuma0 decades - 53Meng Jiaonot measured-
- 54
Paulinus II of Aquileianot measured- - 55
Baizhang Huaihainot measured- - 56
Zhang Xu0 decades - 57
Tatwine2 decades - 58
Liu Zhangqingnot measured- - 59Yiran Qaghannot measured-
- 60
Zhang Jiuling0 decades - 61
Du Qiuniangnot measured- - 62
Arbeo of Freising8 decades - 63Theophilus of Edessa0 decades
- 64Mūsá ibn ʻUqbahnot measured-
- 65Fujiwara no Nakamaro0 decades
- 66Hammad ibn Salama0 decades
- 67
Fulrad1 decades - 68
Shitou Xiqian0 decades - 69
Gao Lishi0 decades - 70Sima Zhen0 decades
- 71
Li Mi3 decades - 72Li Qinot measured-
- 73
Fujiwara no Umakai0 decades - 74Li Yi3 decades
- 75
Ibn Wahb1 decades - 76Shāriyahnot measured-
- 77ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad Madāʼinīnot measured-
- 78Du You0 decades
- 79Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf0 decades
- 80
Donatus of Fiesole0 decades - 81Lu Lunnot measured-
- 82
Tachibana no Moroe0 decades - 83Qian Qi3 decades
- 84
Shu'ba Ibn al-Ḥajjājnot measured- - 85Smaragdus of Saint-Mihiel0 decades
- 86Peter of Pisa0 decades
- 87Ya'qub ibn Dawudnot measured-
- 88Al-Hasan ibn Sahlnot measured-
- 89Yaḥyā Ibn-Ziyād Farrāʾnot measured-
- 90
Consort Meinot measured- - 91
Chu Guangxinot measured- - 92
Haribhadra9 decades - 93Cheng Xuanying0 decades
- 94Jonas of Orléans0 decades
- 95Hammad Ar-Rawiyanot measured-
- 96Óengus of Tallaghtnot measured-
- 97John bar Penkaye0 decades
- 98Ghevondnot measured-
- 99
Yahya al-Qattan0 decades - 100Khalaf al-Ahmar0 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.