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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. 1HincmarHincmar806–882 · Actors22 decades
  2. 2Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-TahawiAhmad ibn Muhammad al-Tahawi853–933 · Actorsnot measured—
  3. 3Fātima bint MūsāFātima bint Mūsā790–816 · Actorsnot measured—
  4. 4Paschasius RadbertusPaschasius Radbertus792–865 · Actors5 decades
  5. 5IAIbrahim al-Nazzam775–845 · Actors0 decades
  6. 6Ibn KhuzaymahIbn Khuzaymah838–924 · Actors0 decades
  7. 7SASahl al-Tustari818–896 · Actors0 decades
  8. 8Lupus ServatusLupus Servatus805–862 · Actors0 decades
  9. 9EbboEbbo778–851 · Actors15 decades
  10. 10Harith al-MuhasibiHarith al-Muhasibi781–857 · Actors0 decades
  11. 11Shaqiq al-BalkhiShaqiq al-Balkhidied 810 · Actors0 decades
  12. 12Arethas of CaesareaArethas of Caesarea860–935 · Actors0 decades
  13. 13Yahya ibn Ma'inYahya ibn Ma'in775–884 · Actors0 decades
  14. 14AKAl Khakim At Termizi850–932 · Actorsnot measured—
  15. 15HOHeiric of Auxerre841–876 · 🇫🇷 France · Actors0 decades
  16. 16Ḥumaydī, ʻAbd Allāh ibn al-ZubayrḤumaydī, ʻAbd Allāh ibn al-Zubayrdied 834 · Actorsnot measured—
  17. 17Al-Hadi ila'l-Haqq YahyaAl-Hadi ila'l-Haqq Yahya859–911 · Actorsnot measured—
  18. 18Ibn KullabIbn Kullabdied 855 · Actors0 decades
  19. 19AAl-Jubba'i849–915 · Actors0 decades
  20. 20HAHatim al-Assamdied 852 · Actorsnot measured—
  21. 21Florus of LyonFlorus of Lyon800–860 · 🇫🇷 France · Actors0 decades
  22. 22Euthymius I of ConstantinopleEuthymius I of Constantinople834–917 · Actorsnot measured—
  23. 23AIal-Qāsim ibn Ibrāhīm al-Rassī785–860 · Actorsnot measured—
  24. 24Muḥammad Ibn-Naṣr al- MarwazīMuḥammad Ibn-Naṣr al- Marwazī818–906 · Actorsnot measured—
  25. 25AAl-Bazzar825–905 · Actors0 decades
  26. 26AIAhmad Ibn 'Îsâ Ibn Zayd774–861 · Actorsnot measured—
  27. 27MBMoses Bar-Kepha813–903 · Actorsnot measured—
  28. 28JinasenaJinasena783–838 · Actors2 decades
  29. 29Ahmad ibn MusaAhmad ibn Musadied 818 · Actors0 decades
  30. 30ar-Rabí ibn Sulayman al-Muradíar-Rabí ibn Sulayman al-Muradí790–884 · Actorsnot measured—
  31. 31HOHincmar of Laon830–879 · 🇫🇷 France · Actors0 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.