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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. 1Pope Benedict IXdied 1055 · Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  2. 2Anselm of Canterbury1033-1109 · Italy · Religious Figures17 decades
  3. 3Pope Gregory VII1020-1085 · Italy · Religious Figures22 decades
  4. 4Pope Alexander II1010-1073 · Italy · Religious Figures7 decades
  5. 5Guido of Arezzo992-1050 · Italy · Scientists0 decades
  6. 6Pope Paschal II1050-1118 · Italy · Religious Figures7 decades
  7. 7Pope Victor III1027-1087 · Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  8. 8Pope Benedict VIII980-1024 · Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  9. 9Pope Gregory VI1000-1048 · Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  10. 10Peter Damian1007-1072 · Italy · Religious Figures22 decades
  11. 11Pope John XIX975-1032 · Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  12. 12Pope Sergius IV970-1012 · Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  13. 13Pope Sylvester III1000-1060 · Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  14. 14Pope Lucius II1050-1145 · Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  15. 15Pope Gelasius II1060-1119 · Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  16. 16Lanfranco1001-1200 · Italy · Architectsnot measured-
  17. 17Guido of Acqui1004-1070 · Italy · Religious Figuresnot 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.