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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.

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  1. 1Pope Urban IIPope Urban II1035–1099 · 🇫🇷 France · Religious Figures22 decades
  2. 2Pope Leo IXPope Leo IX1002–1054 · 🇫🇷 France · Religious Figures13 decades
  3. 3Pope Nicholas IIPope Nicholas II990–1061 · 🇫🇷 France · Religious Figures2 decades
  4. 4Peter the HermitPeter the Hermit1050–1115 · 🇫🇷 France · Religious Figures22 decades
  5. 5Odo, Earl of KentOdo, Earl of Kent1030–1097 · 🇫🇷 France · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  6. 6Robert le DanoisRobert le Danoisdied 1037 · 🇫🇷 France · Religious Figures0 decades
  7. 7Arnold of SoissonsArnold of Soissons1040–1087 · 🇫🇷 France · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  8. 8Saint Simon de ValoisSaint Simon de Valois1048–1082 · 🇫🇷 France · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  9. 9Adelelmus of BurgosAdelelmus of Burgos1035–1097 · 🇫🇷 France · Religious Figures0 decades
  10. 10BDBernard de Sedirac1040–1124 · 🇫🇷 France · Religious Figures0 decades
  11. 11Jérôme de PérigordJérôme de Périgord1060–1120 · 🇫🇷 France · Religious Figures0 decades
  12. 12HOHugh of Die1040–1106 · 🇫🇷 France · Religious Figures0 decades
  13. 13Gerald of Sauve-MajeureGerald of Sauve-Majeure1020–1095 · 🇫🇷 France · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  14. 14GGalon1060–1116 · 🇫🇷 France · Religious Figures22 decades

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.