← Fame through time1000-1099
The 11th century
Whose working lives fell in the 11th century. 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 11th century, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Cnut the Great0 decades - 2
Harthacnutnot measured- - 3
Harald II of Denmarknot measured- - 4
Canute IV of Denmark0 decades - 5
Eric I of Denmark0 decades - 6
Olaf I of Denmarknot measured- - 7Svein Knutsson0 decades
- 8
Harald III of Denmarknot measured- - 9
Gytha Thorkelsdóttirnot measured- - 10Ingegerd of Norwaynot measured-
- 11
Estrid Svendsdatternot measured- - 12
Tove of the Obotritesnot measured- - 13
Tyra of Denmarknot measured- - 14
Sweyn the Crusadernot measured- - 15Thorgils Sprakeleggnot measured-
- 16Sigrid Svendsdatternot measured-
- 17Margareta Hasbjörnsdatternot measured-
- 18
Skjalm Hvide0 decades - 19Gyda Svendsdatternot measured-
- 20Asser Thorkilssonnot measured-
- 21Svend Tronkrævernot measured-
- 22
Vilhelmnot measured- - 23Leivur Øssurssonnot measured-
- 24Bjørn Svendsennot measured-
- 25Bishop Henry of Lundnot measured-
- 26Gillinot measured-
- 27Tóra Sigmundsdóttirnot measured-
- 28Esbjern jarlnot measured-
- 29Harald Thorkildssonnot measured-
- 30Magnus Erikssonnot measured-
How to read these rankings
- Attention, not reputation. A place on these lists reflects the attention a person still draws in the public record. 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.
- Gaps are left as gaps. Where the record is too thin to be fair, we would rather show nothing than guess.