1000–1099
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 Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.
#PersonIn print, 1800–2019Echoed
- 1
William the Conqueror1028–1087 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures22 decades - 2
Godfrey of Bouillon1060–1100 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures22 decades - 3
Philip I of France1052–1108 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures0 decades - 4
Anne of Kiev1025–1070 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures0 decades - 5
Emma of Normandy987–1052 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures0 decades - 6
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Bohemond I of Antioch1054–1111 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures7 decades - 7
Roger I of Sicily1031–1101 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures0 decades - 8
Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse1041–1105 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures0 decades - 9
Bertrade of Montfort1060–1117 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures20 decades - 10
Ida of Lorraine1040–1113 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures0 decades - 11
Geoffrey I, Duke of Brittany1000–1008 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figuresnot measured— - 12
Judith of Brittany982–1017 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures0 decades - 13WIWilliam IV, Count of Toulouse1045–1094 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures0 decades
- 14GIGeoffrey II, Count of Gâtinais1000–1046 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figuresnot measured—
- 15
Frederick II, Duke of Upper Lorrainedied 1026 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figuresnot measured— - 16
Almodis de la Marche1020–1071 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures0 decades - 17
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Roger I of Carcassonne1000–1012 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures0 decades - 18WIWilliam I, Count of Nevers1030–1083 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figuresnot measured—
- 19HIHugh I, Count of Rethel1040–1118 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figuresnot measured—
- 20
Guigues III of Albonborn 1050 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figuresnot measured— - 21MIManasses III, Count of Rethel1022–1065 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figuresnot measured—
- 22EIEnguerrand I, Count of Ponthieu1000–1045 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figuresnot measured—
- 23HIHugh II, Count of Ponthieu1000–1052 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figuresnot measured—
- 24
Centule V, Viscount of Béarndied 1090 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figuresnot measured— - 25HOHedwig of France, Countess of Mons970–1013 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figuresnot measured—
- 26OIOdo III, Count of Champagne1065–1093 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figuresnot measured—
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Ghigo II d'Albon1025–1079 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figuresnot measured— - 28CICentule IV, Viscount of Béarn1050–1058 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figuresnot measured—
- 29GIGeoffrey I, Count of Perchedied 1040 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figuresnot measured—
- 30BIBertrand I, Count of Provenceborn 998 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figuresnot measured—
How this is measured
- Placing people in time. Each person belongs to the century in which they were most active — around age 35, and never after their death.
- Who ranks highest. Within a century, people are ranked where two independent signals agree: how many of the world’s Wikipedia language editions cover them, and how many people actually read about them. Article counts alone can be lifted by a person’s own circle; readers cannot.
- Fame in print. The curves count how often a name appears in Google Books from 1800 to 2019, as a share of all the words printed each year, in the person’s own language wherever that corpus exists. Those decades are over, so each measurement is made once and kept.
- What is left out. A lifetime is measured only from 1820, when there is enough print to judge; the five years after a death are skipped as obituaries; and a name shared with someone equally notable is credited to neither.