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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. 1Pope Benedict IXPope Benedict IXdied 1055 · 🇮🇹 Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  2. 2Pope Gregory VIIPope Gregory VII1020–1085 · 🇮🇹 Italy · Religious Figures22 decades
  3. 3Anselm of CanterburyAnselm of Canterbury1033–1109 · 🇮🇹 Italy · Religious Figures17 decades
  4. 4Pope Paschal IIPope Paschal II1050–1118 · 🇮🇹 Italy · Religious Figures7 decades
  5. 5Pope Alexander IIPope Alexander II1010–1073 · 🇮🇹 Italy · Religious Figures7 decades
  6. 6Pope Victor IIIPope Victor III1027–1087 · 🇮🇹 Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  7. 7Peter DamianPeter Damian1007–1072 · 🇮🇹 Italy · Religious Figures22 decades
  8. 8Pope Benedict VIIIPope Benedict VIII980–1024 · 🇮🇹 Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  9. 9Pope Gelasius IIPope Gelasius II1060–1119 · 🇮🇹 Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  10. 10Pope Gregory VIPope Gregory VI1000–1048 · 🇮🇹 Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  11. 11Pope John XIXPope John XIX975–1032 · 🇮🇹 Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  12. 12Pope Sylvester IIIPope Sylvester III1000–1060 · 🇮🇹 Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  13. 13Pope Lucius IIPope Lucius II1050–1145 · 🇮🇹 Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  14. 14Pope Sergius IVPope Sergius IV970–1012 · 🇮🇹 Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  15. 15Guido of AcquiGuido of Acqui1004–1070 · 🇮🇹 Italy · 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.