← Fame through time1050-1059
The 1050s
Whose working lives fell in the 1050s. 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 1050s, ranked where Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Harold Godwinson1 decades - 2
Edward the Confessor22 decades - 3
Pope Gregory VII22 decades - 4
Harald Hardrada5 decades - 5
Ramanuja16 decades - 6
Henry III, Holy Roman Emperornot measured- - 7
Robert Guiscard22 decades - 8
Ferdinand I of León and Castile1 decades - 9
Nizam al-Mulk8 decades - 10
Solomon ibn Gabirol8 decades - 11
Sweyn II of Denmark0 decades - 12
Lulach8 decades - 13
Béla I of Hungarynot measured- - 14
Michael Psellos1 decades - 15
Andrew I of Hungary0 decades - 16
Iziaslav I of Kievnot measured- - 17
Casimir I the Restorer0 decades - 18
Eudokia Makrembolitissa0 decades - 19
Wang Anshi10 decades - 20
Edward the Exile0 decades - 21
Su Song3 decades - 22
Zhou Dunyi5 decades - 23
Sima Guang2 decades - 24
Zhang Zai7 decades - 25
Anastasia of Kyivnot measured- - 26
Sancha of León0 decades - 27
Bagrat IV of Georgia0 decades - 28
Bernard of Menthon0 decades - 29
William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford0 decades - 30
Naropa6 decades - 31
Adelaide of Susa0 decades - 32
Yūsuf Balasaguninot measured- - 33Otto of Nordheim11 decades
- 34
Zeng Gongnot measured- - 35
Guo Xi2 decades - 36
Ælfgarnot measured- - 37Munjong of Goryeonot measured-
- 38
Otto I, Count of Savoynot measured- - 39Ermengarde of Anjou, Duchess of Burgundy0 decades
- 40
Michael Attaleiates0 decades - 41
Hugh of Cluny0 decades - 42
Ordulf1 decades - 43
Vladimir of Novgorod0 decades - 44
William of Poitiers15 decades - 45
William VIII, Duke of Aquitainenot measured- - 46
Gagik II of Armenianot measured- - 47William VII, Duke of Aquitainenot measured-
- 48
Beatrice of Lorraine0 decades - 49
Imperial Uncle Caonot measured- - 50Gunnhildr Sveinsdóttirnot measured-
- 51Sweyn Godwinson0 decades
- 52
Abbad II al-Mu'tadidnot measured- - 53
Lý Thường Kiệt0 decades - 54
Basil Boioannes0 decades - 55
Ealdrednot measured- - 56Emperor Xingzong of Liaonot measured-
- 57
Albert II of Namurnot measured- - 58Kekaumenosnot measured-
- 59Conrad II, Duke of Bavarianot measured-
- 60Sophie, Countess of Bar1 decades
- 61Conrad I, Duke of Bavarianot measured-
- 62
Lý Thánh Tôngnot measured- - 63
Ralph IV of Valoisnot measured- - 64Wulfhild of Norwaynot measured-
- 65
Thimo the Brave, Count of Wettinnot measured- - 66
Dominic de la Calzada0 decades - 67
Ramon Berenguer I, Count of Barcelona0 decades - 68
Almodis de la Marche0 decades - 69
Wen Tong8 decades - 70Kai Kaus0 decades
- 71
Roger de Beaumontnot measured- - 72
Gundulf18 decades - 73Vyacheslav Yaroslavichnot measured-
- 74
Saint Eskil0 decades - 75
Rajadhiraja Chola0 decades - 76
Edmund Æthelingnot measured- - 77Eric the Pagannot measured-
- 78Ali bin Masudnot measured-
- 79
Farrukh-Zad of Ghaznanot measured- - 80
Abū ‘Alī al-Fadl b. Muhammad al-Fāramidhīnot measured- - 81Hugh V of Lusignannot measured-
- 82
Altmann of Passau21 decades - 83
Empress Cao0 decades - 84
Frozza Orseolonot measured- - 85
Al-Kunduri0 decades - 86
Minamoto no Tsunenobu0 decades - 87Abbas ibn Shithnot measured-
- 88William of the Principate0 decades
- 89
Alfanus I0 decades - 90
Nong Zhigao0 decades - 91
Abe no Sadato0 decades - 92Frederick, Margrave of Tuscanynot measured-
- 93Robert de Comines0 decades
- 94
Hugh IV, Count of Mainenot measured- - 95Amaury I de Montfortnot measured-
- 96Manasses III, Count of Rethelnot measured-
- 97
Ahimaaz ben Paltiel0 decades - 98Friedrich von Bürennot measured-
- 99
Rajendra Chola II0 decades - 100Geoffrey of Hautevillenot measured-
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.