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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. 1Murasaki ShikibuMurasaki Shikibu970–1100 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers6 decades
  2. 2Sei ShōnagonSei Shōnagon966–1025 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  3. 3SanjōSanjō976–1017 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured—
  4. 4Izumi ShikibuIzumi Shikibu976–1033 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers3 decades
  5. 5Daini no SanmiDaini no Sanmi999–1082 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  6. 6UkonUkon1000–1000 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured—
  7. 7Fujiwara no KintōFujiwara no Kintō966–1041 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  8. 8Ise no TaifuIse no Taifu1000–1060 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured—
  9. 9Sugawara no Takasue no musumeSugawara no Takasue no musume1008–1059 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured—
  10. 10Fujiwara no SadayoriFujiwara no Sadayori995–1045 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  11. 11Fujiwara no MototoshiFujiwara no Mototoshi1060–1142 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  12. 12SagamiSagami998–1061 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers17 decades
  13. 13Koshikibu no NaishiKoshikibu no Naishi999–1025 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  14. 14Ōe no MasafusaŌe no Masafusa1041–1111 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  15. 15Suō no NaishiSuō no Naishi1037–1109 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured—
  16. 16Minamoto no ShunraiMinamoto no Shunrai1055–1129 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  17. 17Yūshi Naishinnō-ke no KiiYūshi Naishinnō-ke no Kiiborn 1050 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured—
  18. 18Minamoto no TsunenobuMinamoto no Tsunenobu1016–1097 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  19. 19NōinNōin988–1050 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  20. 20Fujiwara no MichimasaFujiwara no Michimasa992–1054 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured—
  21. 21Fujiwara no AkisueFujiwara no Akisue1055–1123 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  22. 22ŌNŌe no Yoshitoki1000–1009 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot 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.