← 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 - 26
Heribert of Cologne16 decades - 27Henry, Margrave of Frisia1 decades
- 28
Henry VII, Duke of Bavarianot measured- - 29Wipo of Burgundy0 decades
- 30Henry of Schweinfurt12 decades
- 31Avanot measured-
- 32
Henry of Laach0 decades - 33Gertrude of Brunswicknot measured-
- 34
Herman I, Margrave of Badennot measured- - 35Egbert II, Margrave of Meissen6 decades
- 36Dedi I, Margrave of the Saxon Ostmark0 decades
- 37Eckhard Inot measured-
- 38
Herman IInot measured- - 39William Walchernot measured-
- 40Herman III of Swabianot measured-
- 41Otto II0 decades
- 42
Poppo of Aquileia1 decades - 43
Altmann of Passau21 decades - 44
William of Hirsau0 decades - 45
Siegfried Inot measured- - 46
Adelaide II, Abbess of Quedlinburg0 decades - 47
Gebhard of Salzburg0 decades - 48Louis the Bearded13 decades
- 49
Adalbero of Würzburg13 decades - 50Siegfried I of Sponheimnot measured-
- 51Diemothnot measured-
- 52Burchard II0 decades
- 53Manegold of Lautenbach0 decades
- 54
Pilgrim6 decades - 55Bernold of Constance9 decades
- 56William III, Count of Weimarnot measured-
- 57Frutolf of Michelsberg0 decades
- 58Yehuda HaKohen ben Meirnot measured-
- 59Aribonot measured-
- 60Henry of Badewide4 decades
- 61
Kunigunde of Meissennot measured- - 62
Berthold of Garsten0 decades - 63Theodgar of Vestervignot measured-
- 64
Reinbern0 decades - 65Hartwignot measured-
- 66Heimerad2 decades
- 67Alpert of Metz0 decades
- 68Cuno of Praenestenot measured-
- 69
Sieghard von Aquileianot measured- - 70Bruno the Saxon0 decades
- 71
Master of the Registrum Gregorii0 decades - 72Roger of Helmarshausen7 decades
- 73
Udo von Nellenburg0 decades - 74
Hezel of Hildesheim3 decades - 75
Gundekar II of Eichstättnot measured- - 76Walter of Speyer0 decades
- 77Sophia von Formbachnot measured-
- 78Henry II of Augsburgnot measured-
- 79Tagino19 decades
- 80Herman III of Hochstadennot measured-
- 81Stephan II, Count of Sponheim0 decades
- 82
Regimbaldnot measured- - 83Arnold I. von Scheyernnot measured-
- 84
Werner von Steußlingennot measured- - 85
Dietmar II di Salisburgo0 decades - 86Gunther von Meißennot measured-
- 87Rudolf von Werlnot measured-
- 88Hazecha von Ballenstedtnot measured-
- 89Gunther of Bambergnot measured-
- 90Gisilhernot measured-
- 91Svatobornot measured-
- 92Egilbertnot measured-
- 93
Frederik I van Münsternot measured- - 94Adalbero von Eppensteinnot measured-
- 95Gero Count of Brehnanot measured-
- 96Konrad von Morslebennot measured-
- 97
Dietrich III. von Katlenburgnot measured- - 98Wichburg von Bayernnot 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.