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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. 1Murasaki Shikibu970-1100 · Japan · Writers6 decades
  2. 2Sei Shōnagon966-1025 · Japan · Writers0 decades
  3. 3Sanjō976-1017 · Japan · Writersnot measured-
  4. 4Izumi Shikibu976-1033 · Japan · Writers3 decades
  5. 5Daini no Sanmi999-1082 · Japan · Writers0 decades
  6. 6Sugawara no Takasue no musume1008-1059 · Japan · Writersnot measured-
  7. 7Fujiwara no Kintō966-1041 · Japan · Writers0 decades
  8. 8Ukon1000-1000 · Japan · Writersnot measured-
  9. 9Ōe no Masafusa1041-1111 · Japan · Writers0 decades
  10. 10Koshikibu no Naishi999-1025 · Japan · Writers0 decades
  11. 11Ise no Taifu1000-1060 · Japan · Writersnot measured-
  12. 12Sagami998-1061 · Japan · Writers17 decades
  13. 13Nōin988-1050 · Japan · Writers0 decades
  14. 14Suō no Naishi1037-1109 · Japan · Writersnot measured-
  15. 15Minamoto no Shunrai1055-1129 · Japan · Writers0 decades
  16. 16Fujiwara no Sadayori995-1045 · Japan · Writers0 decades
  17. 17Yūshi Naishinnō-ke no Kiiborn 1050 · Japan · Writersnot measured-
  18. 18Minamoto no Tsunenobu1016-1097 · Japan · Writers0 decades
  19. 19Fujiwara no Mototoshi1060-1142 · Japan · Writers0 decades
  20. 20Fujiwara no Michimasa992-1054 · Japan · Writersnot measured-
  21. 21Fujiwara no Akisue1055-1123 · Japan · Writers0 decades
  22. 22Ōe no Yoshitoki1000-1009 · Japan · Writersnot 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.