Claim profile
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 Damasus IIPope Damasus II1000–1048 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Religious Figures10 decades
  2. 2Pope Clement IIPope Clement II1005–1047 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Religious Figures0 decades
  3. 3Pope Victor IIPope Victor IIdied 1057 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Religious Figures18 decades
  4. 4Bruno of CologneBruno of Cologne1030–1101 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Religious Figures0 decades
  5. 5BennoBenno1010–1106 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Religious Figures5 decades
  6. 6Anno II, Archbishop of CologneAnno II, Archbishop of Cologne1010–1075 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Religious Figures0 decades
  7. 7Herman I, Margrave of BadenHerman I, Margrave of Baden1040–1074 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Religious Figures22 decades
  8. 8Burchard of WormsBurchard of Worms965–1025 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Religious Figures20 decades
  9. 9Heribert of CologneHeribert of Cologne970–1021 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Religious Figures16 decades
  10. 10Herman IIHerman II995–1056 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Religious Figures21 decades
  11. 11Poppo of AquileiaPoppo of Aquileia1000–1042 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Religious Figures1 decades
  12. 12Altmann of PassauAltmann of Passau1015–1091 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Religious Figures21 decades
  13. 13ReinbernReinbern1000–1012 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Religious Figures0 decades
  14. 14Adalbero of WürzburgAdalbero of Würzburg1010–1090 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Religious Figures13 decades
  15. 15Siegfried ISiegfried Idied 1084 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Religious Figures7 decades
  16. 16AAribo990–1031 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  17. 17PilgrimPilgrim1000–1036 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Religious Figures6 decades
  18. 18Sieghard von AquileiaSieghard von Aquileiadied 1077 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  19. 19COCuno of Praeneste1050–1122 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  20. 20Hezel of HildesheimHezel of Hildesheim1020–1079 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Religious Figures3 decades
  21. 21TTagino1000–1012 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Religious Figures19 decades
  22. 22HHartwig1000–1023 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  23. 23HIHenry II of Augsburg1001–1063 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Religious Figures22 decades
  24. 24HIHerman III of Hochstaden1055–1099 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  25. 25Werner von SteußlingenWerner von Steußlingen1050–1151 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  26. 26RegimbaldRegimbald1000–1039 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  27. 27Dietmar II di SalisburgoDietmar II di Salisburgodied 1041 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Religious Figures0 decades
  28. 28GVGunther von Meißen1000–1025 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Religious 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.