← Fame through time1080-1089
The 1080s
Whose working lives fell in the 1080s. 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 1080s, ranked where Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.
- 1
El Cid20 decades - 2
Omar Khayyam15 decades - 3
Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperornot measured- - 4
Alexios I Komnenos0 decades - 5
Philip I of France0 decades - 6
Robert Curthose0 decades - 7
Bohemond I of Antioch7 decades - 8
Vladimir II Monomakh0 decades - 9
Saint Margaret of Scotland0 decades - 10
Pope Paschal II7 decades - 11
Peter the Hermit22 decades - 12
Michael VII Doukas0 decades - 13
Olaf III of Norway0 decades - 14
Stephen, Count of Bloisnot measured- - 15
Emperor Shenzong of Songnot measured- - 16
Solomonnot measured- - 17
Sancho Ramírez0 decades - 18
Olaf I of Denmarknot measured- - 19
Pope Lucius II0 decades - 20
Sviatopolk II of Kievnot measured- - 21
Constantine the African1 decades - 22
Emperor Shirakawa0 decades - 23
Bertha of Savoy0 decades - 24
Mi Funot measured- - 25Wallada bint al-Mustakfi0 decades
- 26
Constantine Bodin0 decades - 27
Constance of Normandynot measured- - 28
Frederick I, Duke of Swabianot measured- - 29
Cosmas of Prague0 decades - 30
Oleg I of Chernigov19 decades - 31
Maria of Alania0 decades - 32
Leopold IInot measured- - 33Gytha of Wessexnot measured-
- 34
Arwa al-Sulayhinot measured- - 35Roscellinus12 decades
- 36
Constance of Burgundy0 decades - 37
Abu al-Haririnot measured- - 38
Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona0 decades - 39Ingegerd of Norwaynot measured-
- 40
George II of Georgianot measured- - 41
Irnerius17 decades - 42Tatikios0 decades
- 43Judith of Swabianot measured-
- 44
Bahya ibn Paquda0 decades - 45Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicesternot measured-
- 46William IV, Count of Toulouse0 decades
- 47
Nizarnot measured- - 48
Amadeus II, Count of Savoy9 decades - 49Sylvester IV0 decades
- 50
Huang Tingjian0 decades - 51
Kulothunga Chola I0 decades - 52
Eustace III, Count of Boulogne0 decades - 53Halsten Stenkilssonnot measured-
- 54
Richard of Normandy0 decades - 55Muhammad I of Khwarazmnot measured-
- 56
Berthold II, Duke of Swabianot measured- - 57Robert of Bellême, 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury1 decades
- 58
Judith of Bohemia0 decades - 59
Robert of Arbrissel22 decades - 60Sukjongnot measured-
- 61
Konstantios Doukasnot measured- - 62
Stephen II of Croatianot measured- - 63Waleran I of Limburgnot measured-
- 64
Qin Guannot measured- - 65Seonjong0 decades
- 66
Iftikhar ad-Daula0 decades - 67
Świętosława of Polandnot measured- - 68Sunjongnot measured-
- 69
Blessed Gerard0 decades - 70
Godred Crovan1 decades - 71
Wiprecht of Groitzsch17 decades - 72
Minamoto no Yoshimitsu0 decades - 73
Li Tang1 decades - 74
Vukan of Rascianot measured- - 75
Hugh of Châteauneuf0 decades - 76Aq Sunqur al-Hajibnot measured-
- 77
Ruben I, Prince of Armenia0 decades - 78Tong Guannot measured-
- 79
Hugh d'Avranches, 1st Earl of Chester0 decades - 80
Dirk V, Count of Holland0 decades - 81Berenguer Ramon II, Count of Barcelona0 decades
- 82William I of Buresnot measured-
- 83
Domenico Michiel0 decades - 84Anselm of Laon1 decades
- 85
Helen of Hungary0 decades - 86Theodoric I, Count of Montbéliardnot measured-
- 87Ahmad al-Muqtadirnot measured-
- 88
Muirchertach Ua Briain0 decades - 89
Leopold of Styria0 decades - 90
William of York4 decades - 91
Simon I de Montfort0 decades - 92
Nikephoros Melissenos0 decades - 93
Henry of Laach0 decades - 94
Ottokar II of Styrianot measured- - 95
Adolf I (III) of Bergnot measured- - 96Clementia of Aquitainenot measured-
- 97Harshavarman III0 decades
- 98Dharanindravarman I0 decades
- 99
Guy I, Count of Ponthieunot measured- - 100
Sweyn the Crusadernot 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.