← 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
Li Bai11 decades - 3
Charles Martelnot measured- - 4
Bede22 decades - 5
Pope Gregory III1 decades - 6
Du Fu11 decades - 7
Abu Hanifa14 decades - 8
Pepin the Short20 decades - 9
Ja'far al-Sadiq1 decades - 10
Pope Leo III22 decades - 11
John of Damascus22 decades - 12
Jabir ibn Hayyan0 decades - 13
Irene of Athens0 decades - 14
Rolandnot measured- - 15
Leo III the Isaurian0 decades - 16
Padmasambhava7 decades - 17
Tariq ibn Ziyad0 decades - 18
Justinian II21 decades - 19
Malik ibn Anas0 decades - 20
Pope Stephen II1 decades - 21
Saint Boniface17 decades - 22
Pelagius of Asturiasnot measured- - 23
Abd al-Rahman I0 decades - 24
Pope Zachary11 decades - 25
Al-Mansur4 decades - 26
Alcuin22 decades - 27
Emperor Xuanzong of Tang3 decades - 28Constantine V8 decades
- 29
Abu Nuwas6 decades - 30
Wang Wei9 decades - 31
Pope Constantine0 decades - 32
Nikephoros I0 decades - 33
Pope Gregory II10 decades - 34
Al-Walid I0 decades - 35
Muhammad al-Baqir0 decades - 36
Pope Paul I0 decades - 37
Carloman I0 decades - 38
Pope Adrian I0 decades - 39
Constantine VI12 decades - 40
Pope-elect Stephennot measured- - 41
Pope Stephen III0 decades - 42Leo IV the Khazar0 decades
- 43
Marwan II0 decades - 44
Childeric III9 decades - 45
Roderic22 decades - 46
Theodosius III0 decades - 47
Widukindnot measured- - 48
Sulayman ibn Abd al-Maliknot measured- - 49
Dihya0 decades - 50
Krum20 decades - 51
Abu Muslim9 decades - 52
Al-Mahdi4 decades - 53
Ibn Ishaq7 decades - 54
Paul the Deacon22 decades - 55
Hisham ibn Abd al-Maliknot measured- - 56
Umar II1 decades - 57
An Lushannot measured- - 58
Emperor Kanmu0 decades - 59
Tiberius III0 decades - 60
Saint Walpurga0 decades - 61
Al-Walid II0 decades - 62
Alfonso I of Asturias0 decades - 63
Zayd ibn Ali0 decades - 64
Yang Guifei2 decades - 65
Yazid II0 decades - 66
Hildegard of Vinzgouwnot measured- - 67
Desideriusnot measured- - 68
Al-Hadi0 decades - 69
Carlomannot measured- - 70
Theophanes the Confessor0 decades - 71
Theuderic IV0 decades - 72
Yazid III0 decades - 73
Kōkennot measured- - 74
Chilperic II0 decades - 75
Inenot measured- - 76
Wittiza22 decades - 77
Shantideva4 decades - 78
Dagobert III0 decades - 79Idris Ibn Abdallahnot measured-
- 80Cynewulf21 decades
- 81
Shōmu0 decades - 82
Childebert III0 decades - 83
Ibrahim ibn al-Walidnot measured- - 84
Paolo Lucio Anafesto0 decades - 85Sigeberhtnot measured-
- 86
Alfonso II of Asturias0 decades - 87
Genshō0 decades - 88
Tervel of Bulgarianot measured- - 89Ibn Hišām0 decades
- 90
Dymphnanot measured- - 91
Sibawayh1 decades - 92
Cuthrednot measured- - 93Abd Allah ibn Saba'0 decades
- 94
Muhammad bin Qasim0 decades - 95
Musa al-Kadhim0 decades - 96Abu Yusuf13 decades
- 97
Emperor Suzong of Tangnot measured- - 98
Ibrahim ibn Adham0 decades - 99
Tassilo III, Duke of Bavaria10 decades - 100
Emperor Daizong of Tangnot 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.