← 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
Alfred the Great22 decades - 2
Louis the Pious21 decades - 3
Charles the Bald22 decades - 4
Charles the Fat19 decades - 5
Ruriknot measured- - 6
Lothair I0 decades - 7
Ecgberht, King of Wessex13 decades - 8
Basil I10 decades - 9
Louis the German20 decades - 10
Louis the Stammerer6 decades - 11
Arnulf of Carinthia11 decades - 12
Æthelwulf, King of Wessex1 decades - 13
Louis II of Italy0 decades - 14
Michael III21 decades - 15
Odonot measured- - 16
Kenneth MacAlpin0 decades - 17
Simeon I of Bulgaria0 decades - 18
Oleg of Novgorod0 decades - 19
Leo V the Armenian0 decades - 20
Louis III of France0 decades - 21
Æthelbald, King of Wessexnot measured- - 22
Constantine II of Scotland0 decades - 23
Pepin of Italy0 decades - 24
Ingólfr Arnarson0 decades - 25
Boris I of Bulgaria0 decades - 26
Carloman of Bavaria0 decades - 27
Lothair II of Lotharingia0 decades - 28
Bernard of Italy0 decades - 29
Judith of Flanders0 decades - 30
Edmund the Martyr2 decades - 31
Ællanot measured- - 32Jayavaraman IInot measured-
- 33
Louis III the Younger0 decades - 34
Abd ar-Rahman II0 decades - 35
Æthelred I, King of Wessexnot measured- - 36Charles the Younger0 decades
- 37
Pepin I of Aquitaine0 decades - 38
Saint Ludmila of Bohemianot measured- - 39
Hastein0 decades - 40
Beorhtric2 decades - 41
Áed mac Cináedanot measured- - 42
Omurtag of Bulgarianot measured- - 43
Bořivoj Inot measured- - 44
Rhodri Mawr1 decades - 45
Otto I, Duke of Saxonynot measured- - 46
Muhammad I of Córdobanot measured- - 47
Horik I0 decades - 48
Rastislavnot measured- - 49
Boso of Provence0 decades - 50
Coenwulf4 decades - 51
Gudfred0 decades - 52
Beornwulf of Mercia0 decades - 53
Ermengarde of Hesbayenot measured- - 54
Emperor Taizu of Later Liangnot measured- - 55
Ashot I of Armenianot measured- - 56
Liudolfnot measured- - 57
Charles of Provence0 decades - 58
Vladimir of Bulgarianot measured- - 59
Harald Klak0 decades
- 60
Emperor Xizong of Tangnot measured- - 61
Emperor Jingzong of Tangnot measured- - 62
Pepin II of Aquitaine0 decades - 63Charles the Child0 decades
- 64
Nominoe0 decades - 65Drest Xnot measured-
- 66
Hemmanot measured- - 67
Mojmir I0 decades - 68Himiltrude0 decades
- 69Ermengard of Italynot measured-
- 70
Æthelwold of Wessexnot measured- - 71
Ceolwulf I of Mercia0 decades - 72
Al-Muwaffaq0 decades - 73
Wiglaf of Mercia0 decades - 74Alpín mac Echdachnot measured-
- 75Ermengarde of Toursnot measured-
- 76Ælfflæd, wife of Edward the Eldernot measured-
- 77
Pribina0 decades - 78
Judith of Bavaria0 decades - 79Ecgberht I of Northumbrianot measured-
- 80
Richardisnot measured- - 81
Bruno, Duke of Saxonynot measured- - 82
Almışnot measured- - 83
Osberht0 decades - 84Ranulf II of Aquitainenot measured-
- 85Bridei VIInot measured-
- 86Ciniod IInot measured-
- 87
Ibn al-Aghlab0 decades - 88Eardwulfnot measured-
- 89Uuradnot measured-
- 90
Grímur Kambannot measured- - 91
Anarawd ap Rhodri0 decades - 92
Smbat I of Armenianot measured- - 93Aud the Deep-Minded0 decades
- 94
Višeslav of Serbianot measured- - 95Drest mac Caustantínnot measured-
- 96Bridei VInot measured-
- 97
Hemming of Denmarknot measured- - 98
Jayavarman III0 decades - 99
Trpimir I of Croatianot measured- - 100
Ljudevit Posavski0 decades
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.