← Fame through time800-899
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 coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Kūkai3 decades - 2
Sugawara no Michizane0 decades - 3
Emperor Saga0 decades - 4
Ono no Komachi0 decades - 5
Seiwa4 decades - 6
Ninmyō0 decades - 7
Kōkōnot measured- - 8
Emperor Heizei0 decades - 9
Montoku0 decades - 10
Emperor Junna0 decades - 11
Saichō0 decades - 12
Ariwara no Narihira0 decades - 13
Enninnot measured- - 14
Ono no Takamura0 decades - 15
Fujiwara no Yoshifusa0 decades - 16
Fujiwara no Mototsune0 decades - 17
Minamoto no Tōrunot measured- - 18
Henjonot measured- - 19
Enchin1 decades - 20
Ki no Tomonori0 decades - 21
Minamoto no Makoto0 decades - 22
Tachibana no Kachiko0 decades - 23
Mibu no Tadamine0 decades - 24
Kose Kanaoka0 decades - 25
Fujiwara no Fuyutsugu0 decades - 26
Ariwara no Yukihira0 decades - 27
Sosei0 decades - 28
Fun'ya no Yasuhide0 decades - 29
Fujiwara no Takaikonot measured- - 30Fujiwara no Kusuko0 decades
- 31
Ōtomo no Kuronushinot measured- - 32
Ki no Haseo0 decades - 33
Fujiwara no Toshiyuki0 decades - 34
Deshan Xuanjian0 decades - 35
Fujiwara no Nagaranot measured- - 36
Takaoka-shinnōnot measured- - 37
Koretaka-shinnōnot measured- - 38
Miyoshi Kiyotsura0 decades - 39Fujiwara no Yoshikadonot measured-
- 40
Tachibana no Hayanari0 decades - 41
Manta-shinnōnot measured- - 42
Fujiwara no Yoshiminot measured- - 43
Fujiwara no Otsugu0 decades - 44
Sugawara no Koreyoshi0 decades - 45
Fun'ya no Watamaronot measured- - 46Minamoto no Yoshiarinot measured-
- 47
Tsunesada-shinnōnot measured- - 48
Ono no Minemorinot measured- - 49Tenshi-naishinnōnot measured-
- 50Shinga0 decades
- 51Nariyoshinot measured-
- 52Koretada-shinnōnot measured-
- 53Sadamoto-shinnōnot measured-
- 54Tsuneyo0 decades
- 55Atsuko-naishinnōnot measured-
- 56Kannabi-naishinnōnot measured-
- 57Princess Sanekonot measured-
- 58Fujiwara no Yoshisukenot measured-
- 59Gishi-naishinnōnot measured-
- 60Korehiko-shinnōnot measured-
- 61Koresada-shinnōnot measured-
- 62Koreeda-shinnōnot measured-
- 63Prince Atsukatanot measured-
- 64Motosada-shinnōnot measured-
- 65Muneyasu-shinnōnot measured-
- 66Kose-shinnōnot measured-
- 67Tsuneyasu-shinnōnot measured-
- 68Jishinot measured-
- 69Ōhara-naishinnōnot measured-
- 70Jutsushi-naishinnōnot measured-
- 71Tokiko-naishinnōnot measured-
- 72Prince Yoshisadanot measured-
- 73Kunshi-naishinnōnot measured-
- 74Takaiko-naishinnōnot measured-
- 75Shigeko-naishinnōnot measured-
- 76Bokushi-naishinnōnot measured-
- 77Nagako-naishinnōnot 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.