← Fame through time1040-1049
The 1040s
Whose working lives fell in the 1040s. 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 1040s, ranked where Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Pope Benedict IX0 decades - 2
Harthacnutnot measured- - 3
Henry I of France0 decades - 4
Harold Harefoot10 decades - 5
Macbeth, King of Scotlandnot measured- - 6
Pope Alexander II7 decades - 7
Pope Victor II18 decades - 8
Magnus the Good3 decades - 9
Pope Clement II0 decades - 10
Isaac I Komnenos0 decades - 11Godwin, Earl of Wessexnot measured-
- 12
Constantine X Doukas0 decades - 13
Michael IV the Paphlagonian0 decades - 14
Peter Damian22 decades - 15
Michael V Kalaphates0 decades - 16
Youssef ibn Tashfinnot measured- - 17
Michael I Cerularius0 decades - 18
Emperor Renzong of Songnot measured- - 19
Hermann of Reichenau17 decades - 20
Khwaja Abdullah Ansari0 decades - 21
Peter, King of Hungarynot measured- - 22
Adela of France0 decades - 23
Anawrahta6 decades - 24
Lanfranc22 decades - 25
Ramiro I of Aragon0 decades - 26
Ali Hujwiri0 decades - 27
Baldwin V, Count of Flandersnot measured- - 28
Go-Suzaku0 decades - 29
Herleva2 decades - 30Al-Bakri0 decades
- 31
William Iron Arm0 decades - 32
Ouyang Xiu8 decades - 33
Marpa Chokyi Lodro0 decades - 34
Anund Jacob0 decades - 35
Isaac Alfasinot measured- - 36
Shao Yong5 decades - 37Theobald III0 decades
- 38
Albert Azzo II, Margrave of Milan0 decades - 39
Benno5 decades - 40
Gytha Thorkelsdóttirnot measured- - 41Abd Allah ibn Yasin0 decades
- 42
García Sánchez III of Pamplonanot measured- - 43
Su Xunnot measured- - 44
Robert I of Burgundy0 decades - 45Honorius II14 decades
- 46
Matilda of Frisianot measured- - 47
Geoffrey II, Count of Anjounot measured- - 48
Drogo of Hauteville0 decades - 49
Anno II, Archbishop of Cologne0 decades - 50
Siward, Earl of Northumbrianot measured- - 51
Richeza of Poland, Queen of Hungarynot measured- - 52
Badr al-Jamali0 decades - 53
Hallvard Vebjørnssonnot measured- - 54Eleanor of Normandynot measured-
- 55Giselbert of Luxembourgnot measured-
- 56
Humphrey of Hauteville0 decades - 57
Gruoch of Scotlandnot measured- - 58
Henry VII, Duke of Bavarianot measured- - 59
Lambert II, Count of Louvainnot measured- - 60
Sarakhsinot measured- - 61
Guaimar IV of Salerno0 decades - 62
Malik Ayaz0 decades - 63
Stephen I of Croatianot measured- - 64
Maw'dud Ghaznavinot measured- - 65
Welf, Duke of Carinthianot measured- - 66
Amatus of Montecassino0 decades - 67
Ermesinda of Bigorrenot measured- - 68Ibrahim Inal0 decades
- 69
Stephanie, Queen of Pamplonanot measured- - 70
Cai Xiang0 decades - 71
Al-Mu'izz ibn Badisnot measured- - 72
John VIII of Constantinoplenot measured- - 73Thorfinn the Mighty0 decades
- 74
George the Hagiorite0 decades - 75
Sugawara no Takasue no musumenot measured- - 76
Abu Kalijar0 decades - 77
Qatran Tabrizinot measured- - 78Toirdelbach Ua Briain0 decades
- 79
Brunonot measured- - 80Yahya ibn Umar al-Lamtuninot measured-
- 81Dedi I, Margrave of the Saxon Ostmark0 decades
- 82Leventenot measured-
- 83
Dirk IV, Count of Holland0 decades - 84
Dromton Gyelwa Jungnenot measured- - 85Wāḥidī Nīsābūrīnot measured-
- 86Ali Hariri0 decades
- 87
Jia Xiannot measured- - 88ʻAlī ibn Ismāʻīl Ibn Sīdahnot measured-
- 89Fulk Bertrand of Provencenot measured-
- 90
Di Qing0 decades - 91
Toghrul of Ghaznanot measured- - 92Al-Humaydīnot measured-
- 93Ísleifur Gissurarsonnot measured-
- 94
Arialdonot measured- - 95Lambert II, Count of Lensnot measured-
- 96
Bertha of Blois0 decades - 97
Gothelo II of Lower Lorrainenot measured- - 98
Eystein Orre0 decades - 99
Al-Malik al-Rahimnot measured- - 100
Maitripada0 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.