Claim profile
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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FieldAllHistorical FiguresWritersPoliticiansReligious FiguresAcademicsModelsActorsScientistsDoctorsMusicians
  1. 1KūkaiKūkai774–835 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Academics3 decades
  2. 2Sugawara no MichizaneSugawara no Michizane845–903 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  3. 3Ono no KomachiOno no Komachi825–900 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  4. 4Emperor JunnaEmperor Junna786–840 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Models0 decades
  5. 5MontokuMontoku827–858 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Models0 decades
  6. 6SeiwaSeiwa850–881 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Models4 decades
  7. 7EnninEnnin793–864 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured—
  8. 8Emperor SagaEmperor Saga786–842 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  9. 9Emperor HeizeiEmperor Heizei774–824 · 🇯🇵 Japan0 decades
  10. 10SaichōSaichō767–822 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Academics0 decades
  11. 11NinmyōNinmyō810–850 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Models0 decades
  12. 12KōkōKōkō830–887 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured—
  13. 13Ariwara no NarihiraAriwara no Narihira825–880 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  14. 14Tachibana no KachikoTachibana no Kachiko786–850 · 🇯🇵 Japan0 decades
  15. 15EnchinEnchin814–891 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers1 decades
  16. 16Fujiwara no YoshifusaFujiwara no Yoshifusa804–872 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Politicians0 decades
  17. 17Fujiwara no MototsuneFujiwara no Mototsune836–891 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Politicians0 decades
  18. 18Ono no TakamuraOno no Takamura802–853 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  19. 19HenjoHenjo816–890 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured—
  20. 20Ki no TomonoriKi no Tomonori850–904 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  21. 21Minamoto no TōruMinamoto no Tōru822–895 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured—
  22. 22SoseiSosei816–910 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  23. 23Mibu no TadamineMibu no Tadamine860–920 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  24. 24Ōtomo no KuronushiŌtomo no Kuronushiborn 850 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured—
  25. 25Fun'ya no YasuhideFun'ya no Yasuhidedied 900 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  26. 26Ariwara no YukihiraAriwara no Yukihira818–893 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  27. 27Fujiwara no ToshiyukiFujiwara no Toshiyukidied 901 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  28. 28Kose KanaokaKose Kanaoka802–897 · 🇯🇵 Japan0 decades
  29. 29Fun'ya no WatamaroFun'ya no Watamaro765–823 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured—
  30. 30Fujiwara no FuyutsuguFujiwara no Fuyutsugu775–826 · 🇯🇵 Japan0 decades
  31. 31Tachibana no HayanariTachibana no Hayanari782–844 · 🇯🇵 Japan0 decades
  32. 32Takaoka-shinnōTakaoka-shinnō799–865 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured—
  33. 33FNFujiwara no Yoshikado813–867 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Politiciansnot measured—
  34. 34Fujiwara no TakaikoFujiwara no Takaiko842–910 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured—
  35. 35FNFujiwara no Kusukodied 810 · 🇯🇵 Japan0 decades
  36. 36MNMinamoto no Yoshiari845–897 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured—
  37. 37Ki no HaseoKi no Haseo845–912 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  38. 38Minamoto no MakotoMinamoto no Makoto810–869 · 🇯🇵 Japan0 decades
  39. 39Sugawara no KoreyoshiSugawara no Koreyoshi812–880 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  40. 40Tsunesada-shinnōTsunesada-shinnō825–884 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured—
  41. 41Fujiwara no OtsuguFujiwara no Otsugu774–843 · 🇯🇵 Japan0 decades
  42. 42Miyoshi KiyotsuraMiyoshi Kiyotsura847–919 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Academics0 decades
  43. 43Deshan XuanjianDeshan Xuanjian780–865 · 🇯🇵 Japan0 decades
  44. 44Koretaka-shinnōKoretaka-shinnō844–897 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured—
  45. 45Manta-shinnōManta-shinnō788–830 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured—
  46. 46TTenshi-naishinnō848–913 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured—
  47. 47NNariyoshi850–868 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured—
  48. 48SShinga801–879 · 🇯🇵 Japan0 decades
  49. 49KKoretada-shinnō857–922 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured—
  50. 50TTsuneyo805–826 · 🇯🇵 Japan0 decades
  51. 51SSadamoto-shinnō850–910 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured—
  52. 52KKannabi-naishinnō800–817 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured—
  53. 53KKoresada-shinnō850–903 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured—
  54. 54GGishi-naishinnō850–879 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured—
  55. 55AAtsuko-naishinnō850–930 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured—
  56. 56PSPrincess Sanekodied 870 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured—
  57. 57KKorehiko-shinnō840–883 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured—
  58. 58PAPrince Atsukata850–927 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured—
  59. 59KKoreeda-shinnō846–868 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured—
  60. 60MMuneyasu-shinnō828–868 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured—
  61. 61MMotosada-shinnō827–869 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured—
  62. 62TTsuneyasu-shinnōdied 869 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured—
  63. 63KKose-shinnō799–882 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured—
  64. 64JJishidied 885 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured—
  65. 65TTokiko-naishinnōdied 847 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured—
  66. 66JJutsushi-naishinnō850–897 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured—
  67. 67ŌŌhara-naishinnōdied 863 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured—
  68. 68PYPrince Yoshisadadied 848 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured—
  69. 69TTakaiko-naishinnōdied 866 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured—
  70. 70KKunshi-naishinnō850–902 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured—
  71. 71BBokushi-naishinnō850–903 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured—
  72. 72SShigeko-naishinnō850–916 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured—
  73. 73NNagako-naishinnō850–914 · 🇯🇵 Japannot 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.