Claim profile
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. 1Al-GhazaliAl-Ghazali1058–1111 · Academics6 decades
  2. 2Omar KhayyamOmar Khayyam1048–1131 · Academics15 decades
  3. 3Al-BiruniAl-Biruni973–1048 · Academics8 decades
  4. 4RashiRashi1040–1105 · 🇫🇷 France · Academics13 decades
  5. 5RamanujaRamanuja1017–1137 · 🇮🇳 India · Academics16 decades
  6. 6Zhou DunyiZhou Dunyi1017–1073 · Academics5 decades
  7. 7Zhang ZaiZhang Zai1020–1077 · Academics7 decades
  8. 8Mahmud al-KashgariMahmud al-Kashgari1029–1101 · 🇨🇳 China · Academics0 decades
  9. 9Marpa Chokyi LodroMarpa Chokyi Lodro1012–1097 · Academics0 decades
  10. 10Khwaja Abdullah AnsariKhwaja Abdullah Ansari1006–1089 · Academics0 decades
  11. 11Cheng HaoCheng Hao1032–1085 · Academicsnot measured—
  12. 12RRoscellinus1050–1121 · Academics12 decades
  13. 13Berengar of ToursBerengar of Tours998–1088 · 🇫🇷 France · Academics0 decades
  14. 14Al-BayhaqiAl-Bayhaqi994–1066 · Academics0 decades
  15. 15BahmanyārBahmanyār993–1067 · Academicsnot measured—
  16. 16I'Ibn 'Abd al-Barr978–1071 · Academicsnot measured—
  17. 17Ali HujwiriAli Hujwiri1009–1072 · Academics0 decades
  18. 18Zhang BoduanZhang Boduan987–1082 · Academicsnot measured—
  19. 19Ioane PetritsiIoane Petritsi1050–1200 · Academics0 decades
  20. 20YAYusuf al-Mu'taman ibn Hud1001–1084 · Academicsnot measured—
  21. 21KGKushyar Gilani971–1029 · Academicsnot measured—
  22. 22Jia XianJia Xian1010–1070 · Academicsnot measured—
  23. 23JIJohn Italus1025–1085 · Academics0 decades
  24. 24JIJonah ibn Janah990–1050 · Academics12 decades
  25. 25Abu Al - Moin Al - NasafiAbu Al - Moin Al - Nasafi1027–1115 · Academicsnot measured—
  26. 26Niketas StethatosNiketas Stethatos1000–1090 · Academics0 decades
  27. 27Su ZheSu Zhe1039–1112 · Academics0 decades
  28. 28UicheonUicheon1055–1101 · Academics0 decades
  29. 29Al-LālakāʾīAl-Lālakāʾīdied 1027 · Academicsnot measured—
  30. 30HAHamid al-Din al-Kirmani996–1021 · Academicsnot measured—
  31. 31Li GonglinLi Gonglin1049–1106 · Academics0 decades
  32. 32Abu Ya'laAbu Ya'la990–1066 · Academics0 decades
  33. 33GOGaunilo of Marmoutiers994–1083 · 🇫🇷 France · Academics0 decades
  34. 34Bertrand of CommingesBertrand of Comminges1050–1123 · 🇫🇷 France · Academics21 decades
  35. 35IMIbn Muʿādh al-Jayyānī989–1079 · Academicsnot measured—
  36. 36OlegariusOlegarius1060–1137 · Academicsnot measured—
  37. 37KKshemaraja975–1025 · Academics0 decades
  38. 38MFMu'ayyad fi'l-Din al-Shirazi1000–1078 · Academicsnot measured—
  39. 39MOManegold of Lautenbach1030–1103 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Academics0 decades
  40. 40IAIbn al-Sīd al-Baṭalyawsī1052–1127 · Academicsnot measured—
  41. 41UdayanaUdayana1000–1100 · Academicsnot measured—
  42. 42AIAdalbold II of Utrecht970–1026 · Academicsnot measured—
  43. 43MOMichael of Ephesus1050–1129 · Academics0 decades
  44. 44Aḥmad Ibn Muḥammad al-QudūrīAḥmad Ibn Muḥammad al-Qudūrī973–1037 · Academicsnot measured—
  45. 45AIAlī ibn Ahmad al-Nasawī1010–1075 · Academicsnot measured—
  46. 46Hovhannes ImastaserHovhannes Imastaser1045–1129 · Academicsnot measured—
  47. 47IAIbn al-Samh979–1035 · Academics0 decades
  48. 48EOEustratius of Nicaea1050–1120 · Academics0 decades
  49. 49Choe ChungChoe Chung984–1068 · Academics0 decades
  50. 50Al-Mubashshir ibn FātikAl-Mubashshir ibn Fātik1019–1097 · Academicsnot measured—
  51. 51AOAlberic of Monte Cassino1030–1088 · Academics0 decades
  52. 52AAl-Isfahaniborn 1000 · Academics0 decades
  53. 53Ibrāhīm ibn Saʿīd al-SahlīIbrāhīm ibn Saʿīd al-Sahlīborn 1001 · Academicsnot measured—
  54. 54FOFranco of Liège1050–1083 · Academics0 decades

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.