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800–899

The 9th century

Whose working lives fell in the 9th 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 9th century, ranked where Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.

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  1. 1Charles the FatCharles the Fat839–888 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Historical Figures19 decades
  2. 2Lothair ILothair I795–855 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Historical Figures0 decades
  3. 3Æthelwulf, King of WessexÆthelwulf, King of Wessex795–858 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Historical Figures1 decades
  4. 4EinhardEinhard774–840 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Writers16 decades
  5. 5Rabanus MaurusRabanus Maurus780–856 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Religious Figures22 decades
  6. 6Otto I, Duke of SaxonyOtto I, Duke of Saxony835–912 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Historical Figures22 decades
  7. 7Anastasius BibliothecariusAnastasius Bibliothecariusdied 879 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Writers2 decades
  8. 8Walafrid StraboWalafrid Strabo808–849 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Writers12 decades
  9. 9Otfrid of WeissenburgOtfrid of Weissenburg790–875 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Writers0 decades
  10. 10HemmaHemma800–876 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  11. 11EOErmengarde of Tours804–851 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  12. 12Luitpold, Margrave of BavariaLuitpold, Margrave of Bavariadied 907 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Politiciansnot measured—
  13. 13RRimbert830–888 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Religious Figures2 decades
  14. 14HOHenry of Franconia850–886 · 🇩🇪 Germanynot measured—
  15. 15Liutgard of SaxonyLiutgard of Saxony845–885 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  16. 16Meinrad of EinsiedelnMeinrad of Einsiedeln797–861 · 🇩🇪 Germany0 decades
  17. 17Irmgard of ChiemseeIrmgard of Chiemsee831–866 · 🇩🇪 Germanynot measured—
  18. 18TCThietmar, Count of Merseburg855–937 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Educatorsnot measured—
  19. 19HHedwigborn 778 · 🇩🇪 Germanynot measured—
  20. 20TITheodo III of Bavaria770–800 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Politicians0 decades
  21. 21ADAdalwin di Salisburgo800–873 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Religious Figures17 decades
  22. 22GIGerberga I840–896 · 🇩🇪 Germany0 decades

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.