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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. 1Henry IV, Holy Roman EmperorHenry IV, Holy Roman Emperor1050–1106 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Historical Figures22 decades
  2. 2Henry II, Holy Roman EmperorHenry II, Holy Roman Emperor973–1024 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Historical Figures22 decades
  3. 3Otto III, Holy Roman EmperorOtto III, Holy Roman Emperor980–1002 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Historical Figures16 decades
  4. 4Henry III, Holy Roman EmperorHenry III, Holy Roman Emperor1016–1056 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Historical Figures22 decades
  5. 5Conrad II, Holy Roman EmperorConrad II, Holy Roman Emperor990–1039 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Historical Figures22 decades
  6. 6Gisela of SwabiaGisela of Swabia990–1043 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Historical Figures0 decades
  7. 7Radbot of KlettgauRadbot of Klettgau985–1045 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Historical Figures17 decades
  8. 8Richeza of LotharingiaRicheza of Lotharingia995–1063 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  9. 9Bernard IIBernard II995–1059 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Historical Figures21 decades
  10. 10OOOtto of Nordheim1020–1083 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Historical Figures11 decades
  11. 11Louis the SpringerLouis the Springer1042–1123 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Historical Figures16 decades
  12. 12Matilda of Germany, Countess Palatine of LotharingiaMatilda of Germany, Countess Palatine of Lotharingia979–1025 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  13. 13HIHerman III of Swabia995–1012 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Historical Figures20 decades
  14. 14EIEgbert II, Margrave of Meissen1060–1090 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Historical Figures6 decades
  15. 15EIEckhard I1050–1091 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  16. 16OIOtto II1050–1120 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Historical Figures0 decades
  17. 17LTLouis the Bearded1020–1080 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Historical Figures13 decades
  18. 18YHYehuda HaKohen ben Meir1000–1100 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  19. 19Kunigunde of MeissenKunigunde of Meissen1055–1140 · 🇩🇪 Germany · 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.