← 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
Æthelberht, King of Wessexnot measured- - 2
Alfonso III of Asturias0 decades - 3
Seiwa4 decades - 4
Ramiro I of Asturias0 decades - 5
Svatopluk I of Moravianot measured- - 6
Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffarnot measured- - 7
Ninmyō0 decades - 8
Ordoño I of Asturiasnot measured- - 9
Montoku0 decades - 10
Emperor Junna0 decades - 11
Emperor Xianzong of Tangnot measured- - 12
Inigo Arista0 decades - 13
Fortún Garcés of Pamplonanot measured- - 14Ranulf I of Aquitainenot measured-
- 15
Anscar of Ivreanot measured- - 16
García Íñiguez of Pamplonanot measured- - 17Ahmad ibn Asad0 decades
- 18
Khumarawayh ibn Ahmad ibn Tulunnot measured- - 19
Kocel1 decades - 20Kurszán0 decades
- 21
Björn at Hauginot measured- - 22
Galindo Aznárez IInot measured- - 23Yahya ibn Yahya0 decades
- 24
Theophilosnot measured- - 25Anund Uppsalenot measured-
- 26Unruoch III of Friulinot measured-
- 27Aznar Galíndez IInot measured-
- 28Yang Xingmi0 decades
- 29Umar al-Aqtanot measured-
- 30Guy II of Spoletonot measured-
- 31García Galíndeznot measured-
- 32Muhammad ibn Abi'l-Sajnot measured-
- 33Raymond I, Count of Pallars and Ribagorzanot measured-
- 34Aparajitavarmannot measured-
- 35
Abu 'l-Asakir Jaysh ibn Khumarawayhnot measured- - 36Demetrius II of Abkhazianot measured-
- 37
Constantinenot measured- - 38Donatus I Lupus of Bigorrenot measured-
- 39Atenulf II of Beneventonot measured-
- 40Aidarnot 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.