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The 1000s
Whose working lives fell in the 1000s. 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 1000s, ranked where Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Leif Erikson11 decades - 2
Ibn al-Haytham5 decades - 3
Al-Biruni8 decades - 4
Æthelred the Unready0 decades - 5
Mahmud of Ghazni15 decades - 6
Murasaki Shikibu6 decades - 7
Henry II, Holy Roman Emperornot measured- - 8
Robert II of France0 decades - 9
Otto III, Holy Roman Emperornot measured- - 10
Bolesław I the Brave0 decades - 11
al-Ma'arri0 decades - 12
Sei Shōnagon0 decades - 13
Romanos III Argyros0 decades - 14
Pope Sergius IV0 decades - 15
Sigrid the Haughty0 decades - 16
Constance of Arles0 decades - 17
Emperor Zhenzong of Songnot measured- - 18
John XVI7 decades - 19
Hisham II0 decades - 20Ælfgifu of Northampton0 decades
- 21
Kenneth III of Scotland0 decades - 22
Bjarni Herjólfsson0 decades - 23
Fulk III, Count of Anjou0 decades - 24
Emperor Kazan0 decades - 25
Fujiwara no Michinaga0 decades - 26
Rozala of Italynot measured- - 27
Rudolph III of Burgundy0 decades - 28
Leofric, Earl of Mercianot measured- - 29William V, Duke of Aquitaine0 decades
- 30
Ly Thai To0 decades - 31
Al-Mawardi0 decades - 32
Bruno of Querfurt0 decades - 33Frederick of Luxembourg0 decades
- 34Mokjong0 decades
- 35
Sulayman ibn al-Hakamnot measured- - 36
Gavril Radomir0 decades - 37
Oldřich, Duke of Bohemianot measured- - 38
Abū-Sa'īd Abul-Khayrnot measured- - 39
Thorvald Eiriksson0 decades - 40
Sharif Radhinot measured- - 41Emperor Shengzong of Liaonot measured-
- 42
Åsta Gudbrandsdatternot measured- - 43
Ali ibn Hammud al-Nasirnot measured- - 44
Henry of Speyer0 decades - 45
Gothelo I, Duke of Lorrainenot measured- - 46
Ismail of Ghazninot measured- - 47Vladivoj, Duke of Bohemianot measured-
- 48Fujiwara no Teishinot measured-
- 49
Henry I, Margrave of Austrianot measured- - 50
Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadaninot measured- - 51
Conrad I, Duke of Carinthianot measured- - 52
Ermesinde of Carcassonnenot measured- - 53
Sigurd Syr0 decades - 54
Sancho García of Castilenot measured- - 55Al-Qasim al-Ma'munnot measured-
- 56Sitt al-Mulk0 decades
- 57
Saint Procopius of Sázavanot measured- - 58
Geoffrey I, Duke of Brittanynot measured- - 59
Sweyn Haakonssonnot measured- - 60
Hawise of Normandy0 decades - 61
Sigtrygg Silkbeard0 decades - 62Gerberga of Burgundynot measured-
- 63
Burchard of Worms20 decades - 64
Abbot Oliba0 decades - 65
Otto II , Duke of Lower Lorrainenot measured- - 66Abd al-Rahman Sanchuelonot measured-
- 67
Ramon Borrell, Count of Barcelona0 decades - 68
Heribert of Cologne16 decades - 69Godfrey II, Duke of Lower Lorraine0 decades
- 70
Empress Liu0 decades - 71Herman II, Duke of Swabianot measured-
- 72
Malik Amir Surinot measured- - 73
Abd al-Malik al-Muzaffarnot measured- - 74
Llywelyn ap Seisyll0 decades - 75Joseph Genesius0 decades
- 76
Tyra of Denmarknot measured- - 77
Albert Azzo I, Margrave of Milannot measured- - 78
Adelaide I0 decades - 79
Theobald II of Bloisnot measured- - 80
Byrhtferth4 decades - 81
Fujiwara no Kintō0 decades - 82
Sharif al-Murtadhanot measured- - 83
Abu Sahl 'Isa ibn Yahya al-Masihinot measured- - 84
Emma of Mělníknot measured- - 85
Andrew Zorardnot measured- - 86
Isma'il Muntasirnot measured- - 87
Radim Gaudentiusnot measured- - 88
Gunnlaugr Ormstunga0 decades - 89Kushyar Gilaninot measured-
- 90
Iago ab Idwal ap Meurignot measured- - 91
Ukonnot measured- - 92
Adelheid van Metznot measured- - 93
Minamoto no Yorinobu0 decades - 94
Dinh Phe Denot measured- - 95Bethócnot measured-
- 96
Fujiwara no Yukinari0 decades - 97Aisha bint Ahmad al-Qurtubiyyanot measured-
- 98Ziri ibn Atiyyanot measured-
- 99Emnilda of Lusatianot measured-
- 100Thorstein Eiriksson0 decades
How to read these rankings
- People sit in their own time. Everyone is placed in the century their working life belongs to, and never in one that came after their death.
- Attention, not reputation. A place on these lists reflects the attention a person still draws in the public record, read across every language rather than one. 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. Those decades are closed, so each curve is measured once and kept.
- Gaps are left as gaps. Where the record is too thin to be fair, or a name belongs to more than one notable person, we would rather show nothing than guess.