Claim profile
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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FieldAllHistorical FiguresWritersPoliticiansReligious FiguresAcademicsModelsActorsScientistsDoctorsMusicians
  1. 1Pope FormosusPope Formosus816–896 · 🇮🇹 Italy · Religious Figures1 decades
  2. 2Pope John VIIIPope John VIII820–882 · 🇮🇹 Italy · Religious Figures9 decades
  3. 3Pope Stephen VIPope Stephen VIdied 897 · 🇮🇹 Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  4. 4Pope Leo IVPope Leo IV790–855 · 🇮🇹 Italy · Religious Figures5 decades
  5. 5Pope Paschal IPope Paschal I775–824 · 🇮🇹 Italy · Religious Figures13 decades
  6. 6Pope Boniface VIPope Boniface VIdied 896 · 🇮🇹 Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  7. 7Pope Sergius IIIPope Sergius III860–911 · 🇮🇹 Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  8. 8Muslim ibn al-HajjajMuslim ibn al-Hajjaj821–875 · Religious Figures0 decades
  9. 9Fatima al-FihriFatima al-Fihri800–880 · Religious Figures0 decades
  10. 10Rabanus MaurusRabanus Maurus780–856 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Religious Figures22 decades
  11. 11Ali al-RidhaAli al-Ridha770–818 · Religious Figures0 decades
  12. 12Pope Leo VPope Leo Vdied 905 · 🇮🇹 Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  13. 13Pope Nicholas IPope Nicholas I820–867 · 🇮🇹 Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  14. 14AnsgarAnsgar801–865 · 🇫🇷 France · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  15. 15Pope Adrian IIIPope Adrian IIIdied 885 · 🇮🇹 Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  16. 16Pope John XPope John X860–929 · 🇮🇹 Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  17. 17Pope Gregory IVPope Gregory IV795–844 · 🇮🇹 Italy · Religious Figures1 decades
  18. 18Pope Adrian IIPope Adrian II792–872 · 🇮🇹 Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  19. 19Pope Benedict IIIPope Benedict III810–858 · 🇮🇹 Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  20. 20Pope Theodore IIPope Theodore II840–897 · 🇮🇹 Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  21. 21Methodius of ThessalonikiMethodius of Thessaloniki815–885 · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  22. 22Pope Sergius IIPope Sergius II790–847 · 🇮🇹 Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  23. 23Pope RomanusPope Romanusdied 897 · 🇮🇹 Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  24. 24Pope ValentinePope Valentine780–827 · 🇮🇹 Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  25. 25Pope John IXPope John IX840–900 · 🇮🇹 Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  26. 26Pope Stephen IVPope Stephen IV770–817 · 🇮🇹 Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  27. 27Pope Marinus IPope Marinus I830–884 · 🇮🇹 Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  28. 28Pope Stephen VPope Stephen Vdied 891 · 🇮🇹 Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  29. 29Pope Eugene IIPope Eugene II780–827 · 🇮🇹 Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  30. 30Pope Anastasius IIIPope Anastasius III801–913 · 🇮🇹 Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  31. 31HIHerbert I, Count of Vermandois850–907 · Religious Figures0 decades
  32. 32Ibn MajahIbn Majah824–886 · Religious Figures3 decades
  33. 33RIReginar I Longneck850–915 · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  34. 34PPhilipborn 800 · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  35. 35Frederick of UtrechtFrederick of Utrecht780–838 · Religious Figures0 decades
  36. 36JVJohn VIII790–874 · Religious Figures22 decades
  37. 37RRimbert830–888 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Religious Figures2 decades
  38. 38SwithunSwithun800–863 · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  39. 39Hugh the AbbotHugh the Abbot850–886 · Religious Figures0 decades
  40. 40DrogoDrogo801–855 · 🇫🇷 France · Religious Figures22 decades
  41. 41Hatto IHatto I850–913 · Religious Figures0 decades
  42. 42Methodios I of ConstantinopleMethodios I of Constantinople788–847 · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  43. 43HHucbert820–864 · Religious Figures0 decades
  44. 44Solomon IIISolomon III860–919 · 🇨🇭 Switzerland · Religious Figures0 decades
  45. 45Radboud of UtrechtRadboud of Utrecht850–917 · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  46. 46CACharles, Archbishop of Mainzdied 863 · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  47. 47TOThegan of Trier800–850 · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  48. 48Bernard of VienneBernard of Vienne778–842 · Religious Figures0 decades
  49. 49JJoscelin834–886 · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  50. 50Attilanus of ZamoraAttilanus of Zamora850–919 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Religious Figures2 decades
  51. 51HildeboldHildebold800–818 · Religious Figures0 decades
  52. 52LILandulf II of Capua825–879 · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  53. 53SOStephen of Liège850–920 · Religious Figures0 decades
  54. 54FroilanFroilan833–904 · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  55. 55AnsovinusAnsovinus801–861 · Religious Figures0 decades
  56. 56Raoul of TurenneRaoul of Turenne801–866 · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  57. 57AAthelm801–926 · Religious Figures7 decades
  58. 58PlegmundPlegmund850–914 · Religious Figures12 decades
  59. 59CCeolnoth850–870 · Religious Figures5 decades
  60. 60ÆthelredÆthelred850–888 · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  61. 61TheodardTheodard840–893 · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  62. 62WWulfhelm850–941 · Religious Figures1 decades
  63. 63ConwoïonConwoïon800–868 · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  64. 64WWulfardied 816 · Religious Figures0 decades
  65. 65Athanasius IAthanasius I830–872 · Religious Figures0 decades
  66. 66FMFedelmid mac Crimthainn770–847 · Religious Figures0 decades
  67. 67FAFrederick, Archbishop of Mainz850–954 · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  68. 68AArn850–892 · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  69. 69Leone di BayonneLeone di Bayonne856–890 · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  70. 70Hunfrid of PrümHunfrid of Prümdied 869 · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  71. 71Ceccardus of LuniCeccardus of Luni800–860 · 🇮🇹 Italy · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  72. 72Gamelbert of MichaelsbuchGamelbert of Michaelsbuchborn 800 · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  73. 73HIHerman I801–924 · Religious Figures0 decades
  74. 74HOHigbald of Lindisfarne800–802 · Religious Figures0 decades
  75. 75WigmundWigmund800–854 · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  76. 76ADAdalwin di Salisburgo800–873 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Religious Figures17 decades
  77. 77RRichbod800–804 · Religious Figures0 decades
  78. 78Atto von FreisingAtto von Freising800–810 · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  79. 79RRichulf800–813 · Religious Figures0 decades
  80. 80Hitto of FreisingHitto of Freising800–835 · Religious Figures0 decades
  81. 81AAnspertdied 881 · Religious Figures0 decades
  82. 82WWillerich800–837 · Religious Figures0 decades
  83. 83HAHervé, Archbishop of Reims860–922 · 🇫🇷 France · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  84. 84FMFlaithbertach mac Inmainén801–944 · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  85. 85AOAbbo of Auxerre850–860 · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  86. 86GOGondulphus of Metzdied 823 · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  87. 87Erchanbert of FreisingErchanbert of Freising850–854 · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  88. 88SSeulf850–925 · Religious Figures0 decades
  89. 89Angilbert IIAngilbert IIdied 859 · Religious Figures0 decades
  90. 90HumbertHumbert800–842 · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  91. 91WOWulfhard of Flavignyborn 855 · Religious Figuresnot 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.