← 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
Murasaki Shikibu6 decades - 2
Su Shi7 decades - 3
al-Ma'arri0 decades - 4
Ibn Hazm10 decades - 5
Vladimir II Monomakh0 decades - 6
Milarepa7 decades - 7
Sei Shōnagon0 decades - 8
Solomon ibn Gabirol8 decades - 9
Atiśa1 decades - 10
Michael Psellos1 decades - 11
Nasir Khusraw0 decades - 12
Thietmar of Merseburg0 decades - 13
Nestor the Chronicler0 decades - 14
Al-Qa'im0 decades - 15
Fulk le Réchin0 decades - 16
John Skylitzes0 decades - 17Samuel ibn Naghrillah21 decades
- 18
Bhojanot measured- - 19
Sanjōnot measured- - 20Al-Bakri0 decades
- 21
Ouyang Xiu8 decades - 22
Otto of Bamberg0 decades - 23
Isaac Alfasinot measured- - 24Wallada bint al-Mustakfi0 decades
- 25
Al-Mu'tamid ibn Abbadnot measured- - 26Nikephoros Bryennios the Youngernot measured-
- 27
Shao Yong5 decades - 28
Al-Muqtadi0 decades - 29
Gerard of Csanád0 decades - 30
Jaufré Rudel0 decades - 31
Izumi Shikibu3 decades - 32Fulcher of Chartres2 decades
- 33
Cosmas of Prague0 decades - 34
Fan Zhongyan0 decades - 35
Humbert of Silva Candida0 decades - 36
Al-Khatib al-Baghdadinot measured- - 37
Yūsuf Balasaguninot measured- - 38Abd al-Karīm ibn Hawāzin Qushayrinot measured-
- 39
Abu al-Haririnot measured- - 40Sæmundr fróðinot measured-
- 41
Su Xunnot measured- - 42
Abū-Sa'īd Abul-Khayrnot measured- - 43
Zeng Gongnot measured- - 44Rabia Balkhi0 decades
- 45
Sharif Radhinot measured- - 46Albert of Aix6 decades
- 47William of Poitiers15 decades
- 48Ibn Zaydún0 decades
- 49
Petrus Alphonsi8 decades - 50
Michael Attaleiates0 decades - 51Bilhana6 decades
- 52Abd al-Qahir al-Jurjaninot measured-
- 53Moses ibn Ezra0 decades
- 54
Imperial Uncle Caonot measured- - 55
Qin Guannot measured- - 56Rodulfus Glaber0 decades
- 57Yahya of Antioch0 decades
- 58Kshemendra0 decades
- 59
Huang Tingjian0 decades - 60
Wulfstannot measured- - 61
Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadaninot measured- - 62
William of Jumièges3 decades - 63
Daini no Sanmi0 decades - 64
Lý Thường Kiệt0 decades - 65
Ivo of Chartres9 decades - 66Ibn Hayyan0 decades
- 67Kiya Buzrug-Ummidnot measured-
- 68
Machig Labdrön0 decades - 69
Hugh of Châteauneuf0 decades - 70Abul-Fazl Bayhaqinot measured-
- 71
Mei Yaochennot measured- - 72
Gertrude of Polandnot measured- - 73Wipo of Burgundy0 decades
- 74
Qabusnot measured- - 75Avanot measured-
- 76
Nikephoros Ouranos0 decades - 77
Eadmer of Canterbury0 decades - 78Symeon of Durham10 decades
- 79
Asadi Tusi0 decades - 80
Hilarion of Kyivnot measured- - 81
Anselm of Lucca0 decades - 82
Farrokhi Sistani0 decades - 83Kekaumenosnot measured-
- 84
Amatus of Montecassino0 decades - 85
Gundulf18 decades - 86
Byrhtferth4 decades - 87
Sugawara no Takasue no musumenot measured- - 88
Unsuri0 decades - 89
Sharif al-Murtadhanot measured- - 90Lambert of Hersfeld0 decades
- 91Baldric of Dol0 decades
- 92
Brunonot measured- - 93Ibn Ammar0 decades
- 94Fakhruddin As'ad Gurganinot measured-
- 95
Hildebert of Lavardin0 decades - 96Euthymius Zigabenus4 decades
- 97Kai Kaus0 decades
- 98
John VIII of Constantinoplenot measured- - 99
Ibn Hamdis0 decades - 100
Dromton Gyelwa Jungnenot measured-
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.