← 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
Bai Juyi8 decades - 2
Al-Ma'mun0 decades - 3
Han Yu7 decades - 4
Al-Jahiz0 decades - 5
Photios I of Constantinople0 decades - 6
Rudaki5 decades - 7
Einhard16 decades - 8
Sugawara no Michizane0 decades - 9
Ziryab0 decades - 10
Kassia4 decades - 11
Emperor Saga0 decades - 12
Ono no Komachi0 decades - 13
Clement of Ohrid0 decades - 14
Huang Chao6 decades - 15
Andal8 decades - 16
Yuan Zhennot measured- - 17
Li He6 decades - 18
Liu Yuxi7 decades - 19
Saint Cyril the Philosophernot measured- - 20Nennius22 decades
- 21
Lü Dongbin1 decades - 22Al-Baladhuri0 decades
- 23
Mansur Al-Hallaj0 decades - 24
Ibn Khordadbeh0 decades - 25
Anastasius Bibliothecarius2 decades - 26
Saint Naum0 decades - 27
Eudokia Ingerina0 decades - 28Muhammad ibn Sa'd ibn Mani' al-Baghdadinot measured-
- 29
Li Shangyin6 decades - 30
Ariwara no Narihira0 decades - 31
Walafrid Strabo12 decades - 32
Yu Xuanjinot measured- - 33Georgios Syncellusnot measured-
- 34
Emperor Yizong of Tangnot measured- - 35
Abu Tammam3 decades - 36
Emperor Muzong of Tangnot measured- - 37
Xue Taonot measured- - 38
Sarojvajranot measured- - 39Gottschalk of Orbais1 decades
- 40
Hanshannot measured- - 41Nithardnot measured-
- 42
Ibn Abī Shaibanot measured- - 43
Eulogius of Córdoba0 decades - 44
Liu Zongyuan7 decades - 45
Wen Tingyun0 decades - 46
Du Mu0 decades - 47
Otfrid of Weissenburg0 decades - 48
Manikkavasagar0 decades - 49
Enninnot measured- - 50
Choe Chiwonnot measured- - 51Arib al-Ma'muniyyanot measured-
- 52
Nammalvar4 decades - 53
Zhaozhou Congshennot measured- - 54
Al-Darimi0 decades - 55
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Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Sulinot measured- - 56
Jia Dao1 decades - 57Muhammad al Warraqnot measured-
- 58Ibn 'Abd al-Hakamnot measured-
- 59
Ono no Takamura0 decades - 60
Ali ibn al-Madininot measured- - 61Sedulius Scottus0 decades
- 62
Ibn Abi al-Dunya0 decades - 63
Li Deyu2 decades - 64
Amoghavarsha I0 decades - 65Abu Bakr al-Shibli0 decades
- 66Abdullah ibn al-Mu'tazznot measured-
- 67
Bragi Boddason0 decades - 68
Yunmen Wenyan0 decades - 69Wei Zhuangnot measured-
- 70
Joseph the Hymnographer0 decades - 71
Ibn al-Rumi0 decades - 72Ibrahim ibn al-Mahdi0 decades
- 73
Dhuoda3 decades - 74
Liu Gongquannot measured- - 75Ulaia binte Almadinot measured-
- 76
Buhturi0 decades - 77
Ibn Duraid1 decades - 78
Vairocana9 decades - 79Duan Chengshinot measured-
- 80Ibn ʿAbd Rabbihnot measured-
- 81
Minamoto no Tōrunot measured- - 82
Di'bil al-Khuza'inot measured- - 83
Virupa0 decades - 84
Vimalamitra1 decades - 85Ishaq al-Mawsili0 decades
- 86Ado of Vienne0 decades
- 87Muhammad ibn Abdallah ibn Tahirnot measured-
- 88
Henjonot measured- - 89Du Guangtingnot measured-
- 90
Enchin1 decades - 91
Al-Azraqi0 decades - 92
Lu Tong0 decades - 93Abd al-Malik ibn Habībnot measured-
- 94
Amalarius of Metz22 decades - 95
Hilduinnot measured- - 96Khalifa ibn Khayyat0 decades
- 97
Ki no Tomonori0 decades - 98Abbo Cernuus0 decades
- 99Pi Rixiunot measured-
- 100Álvaro of Córdoba0 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.