← 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
William the Conqueror22 decades - 2
William II of England0 decades - 3
Godfrey of Bouillon22 decades - 4
Pope Urban II22 decades - 5
Pope Leo IX13 decades - 6
Henry I of France0 decades - 7
Philip I of France0 decades - 8
Emma of Normandy0 decades - 9
Robert Curthose0 decades - 10
Robert II of France0 decades - 11
Rashi13 decades - 12
Robert Guiscard22 decades - 13
Anne of Kiev0 decades - 14
Bohemond I of Antioch7 decades - 15
Pope Nicholas II2 decades - 16
Baldwin II of Jerusalem0 decades - 17
Robert I, Duke of Normandy0 decades - 18
Roger I of Sicily0 decades - 19
Peter the Hermit22 decades - 20
Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse0 decades - 21
Odo, Earl of Kentnot measured- - 22
Constance of Arles0 decades - 23
Adhemar of Le Puy22 decades - 24
Bertrade of Montfort20 decades - 25
Robert of Molesme9 decades - 26Theobald III0 decades
- 27William V, Duke of Aquitaine0 decades
- 28
Jaufré Rudel0 decades - 29
Ida of Lorraine0 decades - 30
Judith of Brittany0 decades - 31
Humbert of Silva Candida0 decades - 32
Berengar of Tours0 decades - 33Albert of Aix6 decades
- 34
Hugh of Cluny0 decades - 35Eleanor of Normandynot measured-
- 36
Alice of Normandy0 decades - 37William IV, Count of Toulouse0 decades
- 38
Robert le Danois0 decades - 39
Robert of Arbrissel22 decades - 40
Arnold of Soissonsnot measured- - 41
Frederick II, Duke of Upper Lorrainenot measured- - 42
Hawise of Normandy0 decades - 43Rodulfus Glaber0 decades
- 44Gerberga of Burgundynot measured-
- 45
Felicia of Roucy0 decades - 46
William of Jumièges3 decades - 47
Geoffrey I, Duke of Brittanynot measured- - 48Gilbert, Count of Brionne0 decades
- 49Geoffrey II, Count of Gâtinaisnot measured-
- 50
Alberic of Cîteauxnot measured- - 51
Ralph IV of Valoisnot measured- - 52Theodoric I, Count of Montbéliardnot measured-
- 53
Simon I de Montfort0 decades - 54Sophie, Countess of Bar1 decades
- 55
Florine of Burgundy0 decades - 56Hugh I, Count of Rethelnot measured-
- 57William I of Buresnot measured-
- 58
William, Count of Eu0 decades - 59William, Count of Évreux0 decades
- 60
Guy I, Count of Ponthieunot measured- - 61
Theobald of Provins0 decades - 62
Almodis de la Marche0 decades - 63
Ermesinda of Bigorrenot measured- - 64Stephen, Count of Trégornot measured-
- 65Richard, Count of Évreux0 decades
- 66Odo, Count of Champagnenot measured-
- 67
Roger I of Carcassonne0 decades - 68
Stephanie, Queen of Pamplonanot measured- - 69Gaunilo of Marmoutiers0 decades
- 70Amaury I de Montfortnot measured-
- 71Enguerrand II, Count of Ponthieunot measured-
- 72
Guigues III of Albonnot measured- - 73Frederick III, Duke of Upper Lorrainenot measured-
- 74William I, Count of Neversnot measured-
- 75
Roger I de Montgommerynot measured- - 76
Bernard-Roger, Count of Bigorrenot measured- - 77
Liudolf of Lotharingianot measured- - 78Turoldnot measured-
- 79
Bertrand of Comminges21 decades - 80
Walter of Pontoise0 decades - 81Hugh II, Count of Ponthieunot measured-
- 82Manasses III, Count of Rethelnot measured-
- 83William II, Count of Eunot measured-
- 84Enguerrand I, Count of Ponthieunot measured-
- 85Hugh I, Count of Ponthieunot measured-
- 86Bernard de Neufmarché0 decades
- 87
Stephen of Muret6 decades - 88
Robert de Turlande0 decades - 89
Roger I of Tosny0 decades - 90
Brian of Brittanynot measured- - 91Guy I of Montlhérynot measured-
- 92
Centule V, Viscount of Béarnnot measured- - 93
Saint Simon de Valoisnot measured- - 94Ebles II of Roucy0 decades
- 95Hedwig of France, Countess of Monsnot measured-
- 96
Bernard of Thiron12 decades - 97Aimery IV of Thouarsnot measured-
- 98Geoffrey I, Count of Perchenot measured-
- 99Louis de Scarpone, Count of Montbéliard0 decades
- 100
Ghigo II d'Albonnot 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.