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The 1010s
Whose working lives fell in the 1010s. 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 1010s, ranked where Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Avicenna22 decades - 2
Stephen I of Hungary0 decades - 3
Edmund Ironside22 decades - 4
Yaroslav the Wise0 decades - 5
Theodora Porphyrogenitanot measured- - 6
Pope Benedict VIII0 decades - 7
Harald II of Denmarknot measured- - 8
Thorfinn Karlsefni0 decades - 9
Olof Skötkonung0 decades - 10
Zoë Porphyrogenitanot measured- - 11
Atiśa1 decades - 12
Cunigunde of Luxembourgnot measured- - 13
Pope John XIX0 decades - 14
Sviatopolk I of Kievnot measured- - 15
Thietmar of Merseburg0 decades - 16
Ichijōnot measured- - 17
Jovan Vladimir0 decades - 18
Tancred of Hauteville3 decades - 19
Ivan Vladislav of Bulgarianot measured- - 20
Sanjōnot measured- - 21
Freydís Eiríksdóttirnot measured- - 22
Gerard of Csanád0 decades - 23
Izumi Shikibu3 decades - 24Hisham III of Córdobanot measured-
- 25Uhtred of Bamburgh0 decades
- 26
Vazul0 decades - 27
Judith of Brittany0 decades - 28
Hemma of Gurk5 decades - 29
Dirk III, Count of Holland0 decades - 30Muhammad II of Córdobanot measured-
- 31Ibn 'Abd al-Barrnot measured-
- 32Estrid of the Obotritesnot measured-
- 33
Baldwin IVnot measured- - 34
Matilda of Germany, Countess Palatine of Lotharingianot measured- - 35Gregory VI14 decades
- 36Muhammad III of Córdobanot measured-
- 37
Mstislav of Chernigov0 decades - 38
Saint Anthony of Kyivnot measured- - 39
Coloman of Stockeraunot measured- - 40Yahya of Antioch0 decades
- 41
Gagik I of Armenianot measured- - 42
Frederick II, Duke of Upper Lorrainenot measured- - 43
Wulfstannot measured- - 44Abd ar-Rahman IVnot measured-
- 45
Qabusnot measured- - 46
Unsuri0 decades - 47
Farrokhi Sistani0 decades - 48
Symeon of Triernot measured- - 49
Elvira of Castile, Queen of Leónnot measured- - 50Albert I, Count of Namurnot measured-
- 51
Ernest Inot measured- - 52Abu al-Qasim Muhammad ibn Abbadnot measured-
- 53Henry of Schweinfurt12 decades
- 54
Sophia I0 decades - 55Emma of Provence0 decades
- 56
Einar Thambarskelfir0 decades - 57
William II of Provencenot measured- - 58Abd al-Malik II0 decades
- 59
Donnchad mac Briain0 decades - 60Herman III of Swabianot measured-
- 61
Erling Skjalgsson0 decades - 62
William, Count of Eu0 decades - 63
Mansur II0 decades - 64
Roger I of Carcassonne0 decades - 65
William III, Count of Toulousenot measured- - 66
Herman I, Margrave of Meissennot measured- - 67
Bernard-Roger, Count of Bigorrenot measured- - 68Abu 'Ubayd al-Juzjaninot measured-
- 69
Rededya0 decades - 70Hammad ibn Bulugginnot measured-
- 71Crínán of Dunkeldnot measured-
- 72
Gero II, Margrave of the Saxon Ostmarknot measured- - 73
Regelinda0 decades - 74
Sudislav0 decades - 75
Werner Inot measured- - 76Wulfnoth Cild0 decades
- 77
Al-Lālakāʾīnot measured- - 78
Benedict of Skalkanot measured- - 79Adalbero, Duke of Carinthianot measured-
- 80Ermengol I0 decades
- 81
John Crescentius0 decades - 82Lambert Mieszkowicnot measured-
- 83Guaimar III of Salernonot measured-
- 84Rotbold II, Count of Provencenot measured-
- 85Máel Mórda mac Murchadanot measured-
- 86Badis ibn Mansurnot measured-
- 87Rodulf of Ivry0 decades
- 88Eustathius of Constantinople0 decades
- 89Landry, Count of Neversnot measured-
- 90Kshemaraja0 decades
- 91Brun I, Count of Brunswick0 decades
- 92Hugh III of Lusignan0 decades
- 93Mieszko Mieszkowicnot measured-
- 94
Fujiwara no Takaie0 decades - 95Ahmad b. 'Ali al-Najashinot measured-
- 96
Li Deming0 decades - 97
Poppo of Stavelot0 decades - 98
Elias of Nisibis0 decades
- 99
Reinbern0 decades - 100
Meinwerk1 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.