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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. 4Elisiv of KievElisiv of Kiev1025–1066 · 🇳🇴 Norway · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  5. 5Bjarni HerjólfssonBjarni Herjólfsson966–1000 · 🇳🇴 Norway · Historical Figures0 decades
  6. 6Thorir HundThorir Hund990–1035 · 🇳🇴 Norway · Historical Figures0 decades
  7. 7TTTora Torbergsdatterborn 1025 · 🇳🇴 Norway · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  8. 8Einar ThambarskelfirEinar Thambarskelfir980–1050 · 🇳🇴 Norway · Historical Figures0 decades
  9. 9WOWulfhild of Norway1020–1071 · 🇳🇴 Norway · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  10. 10IFIngibiorg Finnsdottir1050–1069 · 🇳🇴 Norway · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  11. 11MHMaria Haraldsdotter1045–1066 · 🇳🇴 Norway · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  12. 12IOIngerid of Denmark1001–1093 · 🇳🇴 Norway · Historical 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.