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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. 1Pope Benedict IXdied 1055 · Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  2. 2Pope Urban II1035-1099 · France · Religious Figures22 decades
  3. 3Anselm of Canterbury1033-1109 · Italy · Religious Figures17 decades
  4. 4Pope Gregory VII1020-1085 · Italy · Religious Figures22 decades
  5. 5Pope Leo IX1002-1054 · France · Religious Figures13 decades
  6. 6Pope Alexander II1010-1073 · Italy · Religious Figures7 decades
  7. 7Pope Stephen IX1000-1058 · Religious Figures0 decades
  8. 8Pope Victor IIdied 1057 · Germany · Religious Figures18 decades
  9. 9Pope Nicholas II990-1061 · France · Religious Figures2 decades
  10. 10Pope Paschal II1050-1118 · Italy · Religious Figures7 decades
  11. 11Pope Victor III1027-1087 · Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  12. 12Pope Clement II1005-1047 · Germany · Religious Figures0 decades
  13. 13Pope Benedict VIII980-1024 · Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  14. 14Pope Damasus II1000-1048 · Germany · Religious Figures10 decades
  15. 15Peter the Hermit1050-1115 · France · Religious Figures22 decades
  16. 16Pope Gregory VI1000-1048 · Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  17. 17Peter Damian1007-1072 · Italy · Religious Figures22 decades
  18. 18Bruno of Cologne1030-1101 · Germany · Religious Figures0 decades
  19. 19Michael I Cerularius1005-1059 · Religious Figures0 decades
  20. 20Pope John XIX975-1032 · Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  21. 21Clement III1025-1100 · Religious Figures20 decades
  22. 22Stanislaus of Szczepanów1030-1079 · Poland · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  23. 23Odo, Earl of Kent1030-1097 · France · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  24. 24Pope Sergius IV970-1012 · Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  25. 25Pope Sylvester III1000-1060 · Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
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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.