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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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FieldAllHistorical FiguresWritersPoliticiansReligious FiguresModelsAcademicsActorsArtistsScientistsDoctors
  1. 1Murasaki ShikibuMurasaki Shikibu970-1100 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers6 decades
  2. 2Sei ShōnagonSei Shōnagon966-1025 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  3. 3Emperor ShirakawaEmperor Shirakawa1053-1129 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Models0 decades
  4. 4Go-SanjōGo-Sanjō1034-1073 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Models0 decades
  5. 5IchijōIchijō980-1011 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Modelsnot measured-
  6. 6Fujiwara no MichinagaFujiwara no Michinaga966-1028 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Politicians0 decades
  7. 7Go-IchijōGo-Ichijō1008-1036 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  8. 8SanjōSanjō976-1017 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured-
  9. 9Go-SuzakuGo-Suzaku1009-1045 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Models0 decades
  10. 10Go-ReizeiGo-Reizei1025-1068 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Models0 decades
  11. 11Izumi ShikibuIzumi Shikibu976-1033 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers3 decades
  12. 12Emperor KazanEmperor Kazan968-1008 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Models0 decades
  13. 13Minamoto no YoshiieMinamoto no Yoshiie1039-1106 · 🇯🇵 Japan0 decades
  14. 14YYasuko-naishinnō1076-1096 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured-
  15. 15Daini no SanmiDaini no Sanmi999-1082 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  16. 16UkonUkon1000-1000 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured-
  17. 17FNFujiwara no Kenshi994-1027 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured-
  18. 18FNFujiwara no Teishi977-1001 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured-
  19. 19FNFujiwara no Seishi972-1025 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured-
  20. 20TTokushi-naishinnō1060-1114 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured-
  21. 21SShōshi-naishinnō1027-1105 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured-
  22. 22KKaoruko-naishinnō1029-1093 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured-
  23. 23Fujiwara no KintōFujiwara no Kintō966-1041 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  24. 24Minamoto no YoshimitsuMinamoto no Yoshimitsu1045-1127 · 🇯🇵 Japan0 decades
  25. 25Fujiwara no YorimichiFujiwara no Yorimichi992-1074 · 🇯🇵 Japan0 decades
  26. 26FNFujiwara no Hiroko1036-1127 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured-
  27. 27Ise no TaifuIse no Taifu1000-1060 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured-
  28. 28Sugawara no Takasue no musumeSugawara no Takasue no musume1008-1059 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured-
  29. 29JōchōJōchō1000-1057 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Artists0 decades
  30. 30Fujiwara no SadayoriFujiwara no Sadayori995-1045 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  31. 31Fujiwara no ShōshiFujiwara no Shōshi988-1074 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured-
  32. 32Fujiwara no MototoshiFujiwara no Mototoshi1060-1142 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  33. 33SagamiSagami998-1061 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers17 decades
  34. 34Fujiwara no KiyohiraFujiwara no Kiyohira1056-1128 · 🇯🇵 Japan0 decades
  35. 35Minamoto no YoriyoshiMinamoto no Yoriyoshi988-1075 · 🇯🇵 Japan0 decades
  36. 36Koshikibu no NaishiKoshikibu no Naishi999-1025 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  37. 37Fujiwara no YukinariFujiwara no Yukinari972-1028 · 🇯🇵 Japan0 decades
  38. 38Ōe no MasafusaŌe no Masafusa1041-1111 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  39. 39Suō no NaishiSuō no Naishi1037-1109 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured-
  40. 40Minamoto no ShunraiMinamoto no Shunrai1055-1129 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  41. 41FNFujiwara no Morozane1042-1101 · 🇯🇵 Japan0 decades
  42. 42Mibu no TadamiMibu no Tadami1000-1000 · 🇯🇵 Japan0 decades
  43. 43Yūshi Naishinnō-ke no KiiYūshi Naishinnō-ke no Kiiborn 1050 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured-
  44. 44Toba SōjōToba Sōjō1053-1140 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Artistsnot measured-
  45. 45Minamoto no YorinobuMinamoto no Yorinobu968-1048 · 🇯🇵 Japan0 decades
  46. 46Minamoto no TsunenobuMinamoto no Tsunenobu1016-1097 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  47. 47Fujiwara no KorechikaFujiwara no Korechika974-1010 · 🇯🇵 Japan0 decades
  48. 48Fujiwara no NorimichiFujiwara no Norimichi996-1075 · 🇯🇵 Japan0 decades
  49. 49NōinNōin988-1050 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  50. 50Fujiwara no MoromichiFujiwara no Moromichi1062-1099 · 🇯🇵 Japan0 decades
  51. 51Fujiwara no TakaieFujiwara no Takaie979-1044 · 🇯🇵 Japan0 decades
  52. 52Fujiwara no MichimasaFujiwara no Michimasa992-1054 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured-
  53. 53Abe no SadatoAbe no Sadato1019-1062 · 🇯🇵 Japan0 decades
  54. 54Abe no MunetōAbe no Munetō1032-1108 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured-
  55. 55GyōsonGyōson1055-1135 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured-
  56. 56Fujiwara no AkisueFujiwara no Akisue1055-1123 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  57. 57Fujiwara no TsunekiyoFujiwara no Tsunekiyodied 1062 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured-
  58. 58TNTaira no Tadatsune975-1031 · 🇯🇵 Japan0 decades
  59. 59MNMinamoto no Yoshitsuna1042-1132 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured-
  60. 60Fujiwara no YorimuneFujiwara no Yorimune993-1065 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured-
  61. 61Fujiwara no TadaieFujiwara no Tadaie1033-1091 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Politiciansnot measured-
  62. 62FNFujiwara no Nobunaga1022-1094 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured-
  63. 63FNFujiwara no Nagaie1005-1064 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured-
  64. 64ŌNŌe no Yoshitoki1000-1009 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured-
  65. 65FNFujiwara no Chitsunedied 1012 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured-
  66. 66TNTachibana no Norimitsuborn 965 · 🇯🇵 Japan0 decades
  67. 67YYūshi-naishinnō1038-1105 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured-
  68. 68KKenshi-naishinnō1032-1103 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured-
  69. 69BBaishi-naishinnō1039-1096 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured-
  70. 70NNagako-naishinnō1030-1077 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured-
  71. 71AAtsufumi-shinnō1075-1077 · 🇯🇵 Japannot measured-
  72. 72RRyōen983-1050 · 🇯🇵 Japan0 decades
  73. 73KKakujodied 1077 · 🇯🇵 Japannot 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.