A topic/time related/limited people for 11th century – from Wikipedia (work in progress)
Sciences and Philosophy[edit]
- Abhinavagupta, Indian philosopher, logician, musician, poet and dramatist from the Kashmir region
- Abraham bar Hiyya, Jewish philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician from Catalonia
- Abu al-Hasan ‘Ali abi Sa’id ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Ahmad ibn Yunus al-Sadafi al-Misri, Egyptian mathematician and astronomer
- Abū ‘Alī al-Haṣan ibn al-Haytham (also known as Alhazen), Iraqi mathematician, astronomer, and physicist
- Abū ‘Alī al-Husayn ibn Sīnā (also known as Avicenna), Persian polymath: physician, philosopher, astronomer, and logician
- Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī (also known as Arzachel), Arab mathematician and astronomer from Al-Andalus
- Abu Nasr Mansur, Iraqi mathematician
- Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī, Persian polymath
- Adalbold II of Utrecht, Dutch Bishop of Utrecht and mathematician
- Adémar de Chabannes, French monk, writer, historian, and musical composer
- Al-Karaji, Persian mathematician and engineer
- Al-Ma’arri, secular Arab, ascetic thinker and early advocate of veganism.
- Al-Sijzi, Persian mathematician and astronomer
- Alī ibn Ahmad al-Nasawī, Persian mathematician who commented on Greek works by Archimedes
- Byrhtferth, English monk and philosopher
- Cheng Yi, Chinese philosopher
- Eilmer of Malmesbury, a Benedictine monk who attempted flight with mechanical wings
- Gilbert de la Porrée, French scholastic logician and theologian
- Hermann of Reichenau, German composer, music theorist, mathematician, and astronomer
- Hugh of St Victor, philosopher from Saxony
- Jia Xian, Chinese mathematician
- John Italus, Greek Byzantine philosopher
- John Skylitzes, Byzantine historian
- Kim Bu-sik, Korean historian of the Goryeo Dynasty who compiled the Samguk Sagi historical text
- Kim Mu-che, Korean scholar of the Goryeo Dynasty who opened up educational facilities which rivaled the Gukjagam, or National University
- Kushyar ibn Labban, Persian mathematician, astronomer, and geographer
- Maslamah Ibn Ahmad al-Majriti, Arab astronomer, chemist, mathematician, and scholar
- Michael Psellos, Byzantine writer, philosopher, official, and historian
- Moses ibn Ezra, Jewish philosopher, poet, and linguist from Spain
- Notker Labeo, mathematician, the first medieval commentator on Aristotle, and Benedictine monk from St. Gallen, Switzerland
- Omar Khayyám, Persian poet, mathematician, philosopher and astronomer
- Peter Abelard, French philosopher and logician
- Shao Yong, Chinese historian, poet, and philosopher
- Shen Kuo, Chinese polymath, scientist and statesman
- Samuel ibn Naghrela, Jewish scholar
- Sima Guang, Song Chinese chancellor and court historian
- Solomon ibn Gabirol, Jewish philosopher and poet from Spanish Al-Andalus
- Sripati, Indian mathematician and astronomer
- Su Song, Chinese polymath: engineer, astronomer, and pharmacologist
- Wei Pu, Chinese astronomer and mathematician
- Zhou Dunyi, Chinese philosopher
Medicine[edit]
- Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi (also known as Abulcasis), Arab physician and surgeon from Al-Andalus
- Constantine the African, Carthaginian Christian physician and translator of ancient Greek medicine
Politics[edit]
- Agnes, Empress, regent of the Holy Roman Empire
- Anawrahta, ruler of the Pagan Kingdom
- Al-Muqtadi, Abbasid Caliph
- Al-Qadir, Abbasid Caliph
- Al-Qa’im, Abbasid Caliph
- Alexander II, Pope
- Alexios I Komnenos, Byzantine Emperor
- Alfonso VI of Castile, ruler of Leon and Castile
- Alp Arslan, Seljuk ruler
- Alusian, ruler of Bulgaria
- Bagrat III, king of Georgia
- Bagrat IV, king of Georgia
- Bao Zheng, Chinese judge and mayor of Kaifeng
- Basil II, Byzantine Emperor
- Benedict VIII, Pope
- Benedict IX, Pope
- Bernard II Tumapaler of Gascony, Duke of Gascony
- Bhoja, a philosopher king and polymath of Malwa in India
- Bohemond I of Antioch, Prince of Antioch and Crusader commander from Calabria
- Bolesław I Chrobry, king of Poland
- Brian Boru, High king of Ireland
- Cai Jing, Chinese chancellor of the Song dynasty
- Canute the Great, ruler of England, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden
- Clement II, Pope
- Clement III, Antipope
- Constantine VIII, Byzantine Emperor
- Constantine X, Byzantine Emperor
- Conrad II, of the Holy Roman Empire
- Constantine IX Monomachos, Byzantine Emperor
- Chongzong Emperor, ruler of Northwest China (Western Xia)
- Damasus II, Pope
- Daozong Emperor, ruler of Northeast China (Liao dynasty)
- Demetrius Zvonimir of Croatia, ruler of Croatia
- Deokjong of Goryeo, king of Korea
- Edward the Confessor, King of England
- Eight Deer Jaguar Claw, ruler of the Mixtecs in Mesoamerica
- Ethelred the Unready, king of England
- Fan Zhongyan, Song Chinese chancellor
- Ferdinand I of León, Emperor of All Hispania
- Fujiwara Michinaga, powerful regent of Japan
- Fujiwara no Yorimichi, Japanese court noble and regent
- George I, king of Georgia
- George II, king of Georgia
- Go-Ichijō, Emperor of Japan
- Go-Reizei, Emperor of Japan
- Go-Sanjō, Emperor of Japan
- Go-Suzaku, Emperor of Japan
- Godfrey of Bouillon, Duke of Lower Lorraine and a Crusader
- Godfrey III, Duke of Lower Lorraine
- Gregory VII, Pope (Hildebrand)
- Godwin, Earl of Wessex
- Gavril Radomir, Emperor of Bulgaria
- Guy I of Ponthieu, Count of Ponthieu
- Harald Hardrada, king of Norway and claimant to the thrones of Denmark and England
- Harold Godwinson, King of England
- Henry I of England, king
- Henry I of France, king
- Henry III, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire
- Henry IV, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire
- Hisham II, Caliph of Córdoba
- Hisham III, Caliph of Córdoba
- Horikawa, Emperor of Japan
- Hugh of Vermandois, Count of Vermandois, Crusader
- Huizong Emperor, ruler of Northwest China (Western Xia)
- Hyeonjong of Goryeo, king of Korea
- Honorius II, Antipope
- Ichijō, Emperor of Japan
- Isaac I Komnenos, Byzantine Emperor
- Ivan Vladislav, Emperor of Bulgaria
- Jayasimha II, ruler of the Western Chalukya Empire
- Jeongjong II of Goryeo, king of Korea
- Jingzong Emperor, ruler of Northwest China (Western Xia)
- John the Eunuch, chief court eunuch under Byzantine emperor Romanos III
- John Doukas, Caesar, younger brother and counsellor to Constantine X of Byzantium
- Joseph ibn Naghrela, Jewish vizier of Andalusia
- Leo IX, Pope
- Liparit IV, Duke of Kldekari, of Kldekari
- Ma’ad al-Mustansir Billah, Fatimid Caliph
- Magnus Barefoot, king of Norway 1093–1103, tried to conquer Ireland. Killed during an ambush in Ulster.
- Magnus the Good, king of Norway 1035–1047 and Denmark 1042–1047
- Macbeth, ruler of Scotland
- Malik Shah I, Seljuk ruler
- Mansur ibn Nasir, ruler of the Hammadid in Algeria
- Mariam of Vaspurakan, Queen dowager and regent of the Kingdom of Georgia
- Michael IV, Byzantine Emperor
- Michael V, Byzantine Emperor
- Michael VI, Byzantine Emperor
- Michael VII, Byzantine Emperor
- Matilda of Tuscany, militant Italian noblewoman
- Melus of Bari, Lombard nobleman
- Minamoto no Yorimitsu, a governor and commander loyal to the Fujiwara clan
- Mokjong of Goryeo, king of Korea
- Muhammad Ibn Abbad Al Mutamid, last Abbadid ruler
- Munjong of Goryeo, king of Korea
- Nicholas II, Pope
- Nikephoros III, Byzantine Emperor
- Odo of Bayeux, Norman English bishop and earl
- Olaf II, King of Norway
- Otrok, khan of the Kipchaks
- Paschal II, Pope
- Peter Krešimir IV of Croatia, King of Croatia and Dalmatia
- Peter Urseolo, king of Hungary
- Philip I of France
- Rajaraja Chola I, ruler of Tamil Nadu (southern India) and Sri Lanka
- Rajendra Chola I, ruler of Tamil Nadu (southern India) and Sri Lanka
- Rajadhiraja Chola, ruler of the Cholas
- Rajendra Chola II, ruler of the Cholas
- Raymond IV of Toulouse, Duke of Narbonne and a Crusader
- Renzong Emperor, ruler of China
- Richard II, Duke of Normandy
- Robert II, Count of Flanders, Crusader
- Robert II of France, king
- Romanos III, Byzantine Emperor
- Romanos IV, Byzantine Emperor
- Robert Guiscard, Norman conqueror of Southern Italy and Sicily. Later became a feudal lord
- Samuel Aba, king of Hungary
- Samuil, Emperor of Bulgaria
- Sancho III, king of Navarre
- Sanjō, Emperor of Japan
- Seonjong of Goryeo, king of Korea
- Shengzong Emperor, ruler of Northeast China (Liao dynasty)
- Shenzong Emperor, ruler of China
- Shirakawa, Emperor of Japan
- Someshvara I, ruler of the Western Chalukya Empire
- Someshvara II, ruler of the Western Chalukya Empire
- Stephen I, king of Hungary
- Stephen IX, Pope
- Sukjong of Goryeo, king of Korea
- Suleiman II, Caliph of Córdoba,
- Sveinn Hákonarson, King of Norway
- Sweyn I of Denmark, king of Denmark, Norway, and England
- Sylvester II, Pope, a French astronomer, mathematician, orator, musician, and philosopher.
- Tāriqu l-Ḥakīm bi Amr al-Lāh, sixth caliph of the Fatimid dynasty in Egypt
- Empress Theodora, Byzantine Empress
- Tostig Godwinson, earl of Northumbria
- Tunka Manin ruler of the Ghana Empire
- Urban II, Pope
- Victor II, Pope
- Victor III, Pope
- Vikramaditya VI, ruler of the Western Chalukya Empire
- Virarajendra Chola, ruler of the Cholas
- Vladimir I of Kiev, ruler of Kievan Rus
- Vladimir II Monomakh, ruler of Kievan Rus
- Vsevolod I of Kiev, ruler of Kievan Rus
- Wang Anshi, Song Chinese chancellor
- William the Conqueror, ruler of Normandy and England
- Xingzong Emperor, ruler of Northeast China (Liao dynasty)
- William Iron Arm, prominent member of the Norman Hauteville family and feudal lord
- Yaroslav I the Wise, ruler of Kievan Rus
- Yingzong Emperor, ruler of China
- Yizong Emperor, ruler of Northwest China (Western Xia)
- Yusuf ibn Tashfin, Berber Almoravid ruler
- Zhezong Emperor, ruler of China
- Zhenzong Emperor, ruler of China
- Zoe, Empress, Byzantine Empress
Consorts of Rulers[edit]
- Aelgifu of Northampton, wife of Canute the Great
- Edith of Wessex, Queen of Wessex
- Emma of Normandy, wife of Canute the Great
- Gytha Thorkelsdóttir, wife of Godwin, Earl of Wessex
- Gytha of Wessex, wife of Vladimir II Monomakh
- Sigrid the Haughty, wife of Sweyn I of Denmark
- Zaynab an-Nafzawiyyat, wife of Almoravid ruler Abu-Bakr Ibn-Umar
Theology[edit]
- Anselm of Laon, French theologian
- Al-Ghazali (also known as Algazel), celebrated Muslim scholar
- Anno II, Archbishop of Cologne
- Atisha, influential Buddhist teacher to Tibet
- Saint Anselm, reputed founder of scholasticism and creator of the ontological argument
- Berengar of Tours, French theologian
- Burchard II, Bishop of Halberstadt
- Ephraim of Pereyaslavl, Eastern Orthodox saint and bishop of Pereyaslav
- Giorgi Mtatsmindeli, Georgian ecclesiastic figure
- Hamid al-Din al-Kirmani, a Persian missionary da’i to the Fatimid Caliphate
- Hassan-i Sabbah, Ismaili theologian
- Heribert of Cologne, Archbishop of Cologne
- Hilarion of Kiev, first non-Greek Metropolitan bishop of Kiev
- Hugh of Châteauneuf, French theologian, Bishop of Grenoble, and partisan of the Gregorian reform
- Isaac ibn Ghiyyat, rabbi from Spain
- Ísleifur Gissurarson, first Bishop of Iceland
- Lanfranc, archbishop of Canterbury
- Michael I Cerularius, the Patriarch of Constantinople who was involved in the East-West Schism
- Milarepa, Tibetan poet, yogi, and member of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism
- Mu’ayyad fi’l-Din al-Shirazi, Persian theologian serving the Fatimid court
- Peter Damian, cardinal and Doctor of the Church
- Peter the Hermit, priest
- Ramanuja, Chola Indian theologian, philosopher, and spiritual leader
- Rashi, French rabbi and author of a comprehensive commentary on the Talmud and commentary on the Tanakh
- Rober, Saint, founder of the Cistercians
- Robert of Jumièges, Archbishop of Canterbury
- William of Champeaux, French philosopher and theologian
- Wulfstan II, Archbishop of York
Literature[edit]
- Bilhana, a Kashmiri language poet from India
- Cai Xiang, Chinese poet, scholar, calligrapher, structural engineer, and official
- Ferdowsi, great Persian poet, author of the famous epic Shahnameh
- Lady Li Qingzhao, revered Chinese poet and writer
- Mei Yaochen, Chinese poet and official
- Murasaki Shikibu, female Japanese writer
- Nasir Khusraw, Persian poet, theologian, philosopher, and traveler
- Ouyang Xiu, Chinese statesman, historian, archaeological epigrapher, essayist, and poet
- Sei Shōnagon, writer, a Japanese lady of the royal court
- Su Shi, famous Chinese poet, calligrapher, painter, travel writer, pharmacologist, and statesman* Yusuf Balasaghuni, a Karakhanid scribe
- Zeng Gong, Chinese historian, travel writer, and poet
Visual Arts[edit]
- Fan Kuan, Chinese landscape painter
- Guo Xi, a literati Chinese landscape painter
- Huang Tingjian, Chinese calligrapher and painter
- Mi Fu, Chinese painter, poet, and calligrapher
- Wen Tong, Chinese painter
- Xu Daoning, Chinese landscape painter
- Zhang Zeduan, Chinese landscape painter
Military[edit]
- El Cid (Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar), Castilian knight and warlord
- Gang Gam-chan, Korean general of the Goryeo Dynasty
- Gang Jo, Korean general of the Goryeo Dynasty
- George Maniaces, Greek Byzantine general
- Han Shizhong, Chinese military general
- Li Jiqian, Chinese rebel-turned-jiedushi of the Song dynasty
- Minamoto no Yorinobu, a samurai of the Minamoto clan
Music[edit]
- Guido of Arezzo, Italian music theorist
Criminal[edit]
- Hereward the Wake, English outlaw
Sculptors[edit]
- Jōchō, famous Japanese sculptor
Explorers[edit]
- Leif Eriksson, first European explorer to land in North America
Rebel[edit]
- Peter Delyan, leader of a Bulgarian uprising against the Byzantine Empire
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