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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. 1TheophilosTheophilos813–842 · Modelsnot measured—
  2. 2Æthelberht, King of WessexÆthelberht, King of Wessex836–865 · Modelsnot measured—
  3. 3Alfonso III of AsturiasAlfonso III of Asturias852–910 · Models0 decades
  4. 4Inigo AristaInigo Aristaborn 771 · Models0 decades
  5. 5Svatopluk I of MoraviaSvatopluk I of Moravia840–894 · Modelsnot measured—
  6. 6Ramiro I of AsturiasRamiro I of Asturias791–850 · Models0 decades
  7. 7Emperor JunnaEmperor Junna786–840 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Models0 decades
  8. 8MontokuMontoku827–858 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Models0 decades
  9. 9Ordoño I of AsturiasOrdoño I of Asturias821–866 · Modelsnot measured—
  10. 10SeiwaSeiwa850–881 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Models4 decades
  11. 11García Íñiguez of PamplonaGarcía Íñiguez of Pamplona810–882 · Modelsnot measured—
  12. 12Fortún Garcés of PamplonaFortún Garcés of Pamplona826–922 · Modelsnot measured—
  13. 13RIRanulf I of Aquitaine820–866 · Modelsnot measured—
  14. 14Anscar of IvreaAnscar of Ivrea860–902 · Modelsnot measured—
  15. 15YXYang Xingmi852–905 · Models0 decades
  16. 16NinmyōNinmyō810–850 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Models0 decades
  17. 17AIAhmad ibn Asad810–864 · Models0 decades
  18. 18YIYahya ibn Yahya850–874 · Models0 decades
  19. 19AUAnund Uppsaleborn 792 · Modelsnot measured—
  20. 20Galindo Aznárez IIGalindo Aznárez II850–922 · Modelsnot measured—
  21. 21Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-SaffarYa'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar840–879 · Modelsnot measured—
  22. 22KocelKocel820–876 · Models1 decades
  23. 23UIUnruoch III of Friuli840–874 · Modelsnot measured—
  24. 24Björn at HaugiBjörn at Haugi832–900 · Modelsnot measured—
  25. 25AGAznar Galíndez II801–893 · Modelsnot measured—
  26. 26Emperor Xianzong of TangEmperor Xianzong of Tang778–820 · Modelsnot measured—
  27. 27RIRaymond I, Count of Pallars and Ribagorza860–920 · Models0 decades
  28. 28KKurszán847–904 · Models0 decades
  29. 29GGGarcía Galíndez780–833 · Modelsnot measured—
  30. 30Khumarawayh ibn Ahmad ibn TulunKhumarawayh ibn Ahmad ibn Tulun864–896 · Modelsnot measured—
  31. 31Abu 'l-Asakir Jaysh ibn KhumarawayhAbu 'l-Asakir Jaysh ibn Khumarawayh882–896 · Modelsnot measured—
  32. 32GIGuy II of Spoleto801–883 · Modelsnot measured—
  33. 33UAUmar al-Aqtadied 863 · Modelsnot measured—
  34. 34MIMuhammad ibn Abi'l-Sajdied 901 · Modelsnot measured—
  35. 35DIDemetrius II of Abkhazia825–870 · Modelsnot measured—
  36. 36AAparajitavarmandied 897 · Models0 decades
  37. 37AIAtenulf II of Benevento850–940 · Modelsnot measured—
  38. 38DIDonatus I Lupus of Bigorredied 850 · Modelsnot measured—
  39. 39AAidar800–865 · Modelsnot 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.