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. 1Mi FuMi Fu1051–1107 · 🇨🇳 China · Artistsnot measured—
  2. 2Guo XiGuo Xi1020–1090 · 🇨🇳 China · Artists2 decades
  3. 3Wen TongWen Tong1018–1079 · Artists8 decades
  4. 4Li TangLi Tang1050–1130 · Artists1 decades
  5. 5JōchōJōchō1000–1057 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Artists0 decades
  6. 6Toba SōjōToba Sōjō1053–1140 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Artistsnot measured—
  7. 7Yi YuanjiYi Yuanji1000–1064 · Artists0 decades
  8. 8Cui BaiCui Bai1000–1074 · Artists0 decades
  9. 9Xu DaoningXu Daoning970–1052 · Artists0 decades
  10. 10Wang ShenWang Shen1036–1093 · Artistsnot measured—
  11. 11JJuran1000–1000 · Artistsnot measured—
  12. 12Zhao BuzhiZhao Buzhi1053–1110 · Artistsnot measured—
  13. 13FotFotborn 1050 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Artists21 decades
  14. 14Master of the Registrum GregoriiMaster of the Registrum Gregorii1000–1100 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artists0 decades
  15. 15BalleBalleborn 1050 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Artistsnot measured—
  16. 16Roger of HelmarshausenRoger of Helmarshausen1001–1101 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artists7 decades
  17. 17YWYan Wengui967–1044 · Artists0 decades
  18. 18Master HugoMaster Hugoborn 1050 · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Artists0 decades
  19. 19TTevdore1001–1101 · Artists0 decades
  20. 20MOMaster of Pedret1050–1199 · Artists0 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.