← Fame through time1000-1099
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 coverage and readership agree.
- 1
William the Conqueror22 decades - 2
Leif Erikson11 decades - 3
Harold Godwinson1 decades - 4
El Cid20 decades - 5
Cnut the Great0 decades - 6
Edward the Confessor22 decades - 7
Godfrey of Bouillon22 decades - 8
Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperornot measured- - 9
Harald Hardrada5 decades - 10
Æthelred the Unready0 decades - 11
Alexios I Komnenos0 decades - 12
Stephen I of Hungary0 decades - 13
Harthacnutnot measured- - 14
Edmund Ironside22 decades - 15
Henry II, Holy Roman Emperornot measured- - 16
Harold Harefoot10 decades - 17
Philip I of France0 decades - 18
Matilda of Flanders6 decades - 19
Emma of Normandy0 decades - 20
Otto III, Holy Roman Emperornot measured- - 21
Henry III, Holy Roman Emperornot measured- - 22
Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperornot measured- - 23
Anne of Kiev0 decades - 24
Bohemond I of Antioch7 decades - 25
Romanos IV Diogenes0 decades - 26
Magnus the Good3 decades - 27
Matilda of Tuscany0 decades - 28
Malik-Shah I0 decades - 29
Olaf II of Norway0 decades - 30
Roger I of Sicily0 decades - 31
Ferdinand I of León and Castile1 decades - 32
Ladislaus I of Hungary0 decades - 33
Harald II of Denmarknot measured- - 34
Romanos III Argyros0 decades - 35
Thorfinn Karlsefni0 decades - 36
Michael IV the Paphlagonian0 decades - 37
Canute IV of Denmark0 decades - 38
Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse0 decades - 39
Tughril13 decades - 40
Nikephoros III Botaneiates0 decades - 41
Sweyn II of Denmark0 decades - 42
Olof Skötkonung0 decades - 43
Michael V Kalaphates0 decades - 44
Zoë Porphyrogenitanot measured- - 45
Youssef ibn Tashfinnot measured- - 46
Béla I of Hungarynot measured- - 47
Cunigunde of Luxembourgnot measured- - 48
Emperor Renzong of Songnot measured- - 49
Alfonso V of León10 decades - 50
Sviatopolk I of Kievnot measured- - 51
Emperor Shenzong of Songnot measured- - 52
Eudokia Makrembolitissa0 decades - 53
Edward the Exile0 decades - 54
Eric I of Denmark0 decades - 55
Solomonnot measured- - 56
Edith of Wessex0 decades - 57
Sigrid the Haughty0 decades - 58
Agnes of Poitou0 decades - 59
Samuel Abanot measured- - 60
Elisiv of Kievnot measured- - 61
Olaf I of Denmarknot measured- - 62
Welf I, Duke of Bavarianot measured- - 63
Radbot of Klettgau17 decades - 64Ælfgifu of Northampton0 decades
- 65
Emperor Yingzong of Songnot measured- - 66
Bertha of Holland0 decades - 67
Gisela of Swabia0 decades - 68
Bertha of Savoy0 decades - 69
Gunhilda of Denmarknot measured- - 70
Sviatoslav II of Kievnot measured- - 71
Rudolf of Rheinfelden21 decades - 72
Bertrade of Montfort20 decades - 73Emund the Old0 decades
- 74
Duncan II of Scotland0 decades - 75
Ivan Vladislav of Bulgarianot measured- - 76
Herleva2 decades - 77Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttirnot measured-
- 78
Anund Jacob0 decades - 79Bjarni Herjólfsson0 decades
- 80
Fulk III, Count of Anjou0 decades - 81
Gruffudd ap Llywelynnot measured- - 82
Go-Ichijōnot measured- - 83
Constance of Normandynot measured- - 84Freydís Eiríksdóttirnot measured-
- 85
Bermudo III of León0 decades - 86
Constantine Bodin0 decades - 87
William I, Count of Burgundynot measured- - 88
William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford0 decades - 89
Ly Thai To0 decades - 90
Richeza of Lotharingianot measured- - 91
Oleg I of Chernigov19 decades - 92
Harald III of Denmarknot measured- - 93
Ida of Lorraine0 decades - 94
Håkan the Rednot measured- - 95
Ali az-Zahirnot measured- - 96Frederick of Luxembourg0 decades
- 97
Konstantinos Doukas0 decades - 98
Odo II, Count of Bloisnot measured- - 99
Judith of Brittany0 decades - 100
Adelaide of Susa0 decades
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.