← 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
Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperornot measured- - 2
Henry II, Holy Roman Emperornot measured- - 3
Otto III, Holy Roman Emperornot measured- - 4
Henry III, Holy Roman Emperornot measured- - 5
Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperornot measured- - 6
Pope Victor II18 decades - 7
Pope Clement II0 decades - 8
Pope Damasus II10 decades - 9
Bruno of Cologne0 decades - 10
Hermann of Reichenau17 decades - 11
Thietmar of Merseburg0 decades - 12
Gisela of Hungary0 decades - 13
Radbot of Klettgau17 decades - 14
Gisela of Swabia0 decades - 15
Otto of Bamberg0 decades - 16
Richeza of Lotharingianot measured- - 17
Benno5 decades - 18
Bernard IInot measured- - 19Otto of Nordheim11 decades
- 20
Matilda of Germany, Countess Palatine of Lotharingianot measured- - 21
Louis the Springer16 decades - 22
Anno II, Archbishop of Cologne0 decades - 23
Herman I, Count of Salmnot measured- - 24
Judith of Schweinfurt0 decades - 25
Burchard of Worms20 decades
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.