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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. 1Harald HardradaHarald Hardrada1015-1066 · 🇳🇴 Norway · Historical Figures5 decades
  2. 2Olaf II of NorwayOlaf II of Norway995-1030 · 🇳🇴 Norway · Historical Figures0 decades
  3. 3Magnus the GoodMagnus the Good1024-1047 · 🇳🇴 Norway · Historical Figures3 decades
  4. 4Olaf III of NorwayOlaf III of Norway1050-1093 · 🇳🇴 Norway0 decades
  5. 5MIMagnus II of Norway1048-1069 · 🇳🇴 Norwaynot measured-
  6. 6Elisiv of KievElisiv of Kiev1025-1066 · 🇳🇴 Norway · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  7. 7Bjarni HerjólfssonBjarni Herjólfsson966-1000 · 🇳🇴 Norway · Historical Figures0 decades
  8. 8Sweyn HaakonssonSweyn Haakonsson966-1016 · 🇳🇴 Norwaynot measured-
  9. 9HMHaakon Magnusson of Norway1068-1095 · 🇳🇴 Norwaynot measured-
  10. 10Haakon EricssonHaakon Ericsson997-1030 · 🇳🇴 Norwaynot measured-
  11. 11Hallvard VebjørnssonHallvard Vebjørnsson1020-1043 · 🇳🇴 Norwaynot measured-
  12. 12Thorir HundThorir Hund990-1035 · 🇳🇴 Norway · Historical Figures0 decades
  13. 13TTTora Torbergsdatterborn 1025 · 🇳🇴 Norway · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  14. 14Einar ThambarskelfirEinar Thambarskelfir980-1050 · 🇳🇴 Norway · Historical Figures0 decades
  15. 15WOWulfhild of Norway1020-1071 · 🇳🇴 Norway · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  16. 16TTThorfinn the Mighty1009-1065 · 🇳🇴 Norway0 decades
  17. 17Erling SkjalgssonErling Skjalgsson975-1028 · 🇳🇴 Norway0 decades
  18. 18IFIngibiorg Finnsdottir1050-1069 · 🇳🇴 Norway · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  19. 19MHMaria Haraldsdotter1045-1066 · 🇳🇴 Norway · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  20. 20Eystein OrreEystein Orre1014-1066 · 🇳🇴 Norway0 decades
  21. 21IOIngerid of Denmark1001-1093 · 🇳🇴 Norway · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  22. 22Sigvatr ÞórðarsonSigvatr Þórðarson995-1045 · 🇳🇴 Norway · Writers0 decades
  23. 23Kalv ArnessonKalv Arnesson990-1051 · 🇳🇴 Norway0 decades
  24. 24Hårek av TjøttaHårek av Tjøtta965-1036 · 🇳🇴 Norwaynot measured-
  25. 25Finn ArnessonFinn Arnesson1004-1065 · 🇳🇴 Norway0 decades
  26. 26IGIngebjørg Guttormsdatter1050-1200 · 🇳🇴 Norwaynot measured-
  27. 27EEEindride Einarsson1050-1050 · 🇳🇴 Norwaynot measured-
  28. 28BOBorghild Olavsdotterborn 1050 · 🇳🇴 Norwaynot 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.