← Fame through time1120-1129
The 1120s
Whose working lives fell in the 1120s. 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 1120s, ranked where Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Bernard of Clairvaux19 decades - 2
Henry V, Holy Roman Emperornot measured- - 3
John II Komnenos0 decades - 4
Conrad III of Germanynot measured- - 5
Fulk, King of Jerusalemnot measured- - 6
Suryavarman II1 decades - 7
Sigurd the Crusader0 decades - 8
Abraham ibn Ezra0 decades - 9
Yuri Dolgorukiy0 decades - 10
Bolesław III Wrymouthnot measured- - 11
William Adelin0 decades - 12
Saint Malachy0 decades - 13
Imad ad-Din Zengi0 decades - 14
Adelaide of Maurienne22 decades - 15
William Clito1 decades - 16
Irene of Hungary0 decades - 17
Eric II of Denmark0 decades - 18
Anacletus II1 decades - 19
Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucesternot measured- - 20
Frederick II, Duke of Swabianot measured- - 21
Al-Mustarshid0 decades - 22Yelü Dashi0 decades
- 23
Ibn Zuhr0 decades - 24
Hemachandra11 decades - 25
Khabul Khan0 decades - 26
Peter the Venerable19 decades - 27
Qin Hui0 decades - 28
Zhang Zeduan2 decades - 29
Eystein I of Norwaynot measured- - 30
Isaac Komnenos0 decades - 31
Demetrius I of Georgianot measured- - 32
Ralph I, Count of Vermandoisnot measured- - 33
Theobald II of Champagne0 decades - 34Celestine II0 decades
- 35Al-Shahrastani0 decades
- 36
Richenza of Northeim0 decades - 37
Vsevolod II of Kievnot measured- - 38
Ahmad Ghazali0 decades - 39Sybilla of Normandynot measured-
- 40
Mahsati0 decades - 41
Toghtekin0 decades - 42Ermengarde, Countess of Mainenot measured-
- 43William II, Duke of Apulianot measured-
- 44
Waleran, Duke of Lower Lorrainenot measured- - 45Ragnvald Knaphövdenot measured-
- 46Konstantinos Angelosnot measured-
- 47
Jutta von Sponheim1 decades - 48Elizabeth of Vermandois, Countess of Leicester0 decades
- 49Ulvhild Håkansdotternot measured-
- 50
Malmfred of Kyivnot measured- - 51
Conrad I, Duke of Zähringennot measured- - 52
Salomea of Bergnot measured- - 53
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Christina Ingesdotter of Swedennot measured- - 54
Floris II, Count of Holland0 decades - 55Volodar Glebovichnot measured-
- 56Bernard Silvestris0 decades
- 57
Renaud III, Count of Burgundy0 decades - 58Baldwin III, Count of Hainautnot measured-
- 59
Louis I, Landgrave of Thuringianot measured- - 60
Dahui Zonggaonot measured- - 61
Douce I, Countess of Provence0 decades - 62
John Axouch0 decades - 63
Frederick I, Count of Zollernnot measured- - 64
William of Montevergine0 decades - 65
Han Shizhong0 decades - 66
Wartislaw I, Duke of Pomeranianot measured- - 67Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobairnot measured-
- 68
Nest ferch Rhysnot measured- - 69
Alaungsithu0 decades - 70
Fernando Perez de Traba0 decades - 71
Li Gang1 decades - 72Gao Qiu0 decades
- 73
Saint Botvidnot measured- - 74Aq Sunqur al-Bursuqinot measured-
- 75Theobald of Bec0 decades
- 76
Zhu Shuzhennot measured- - 77
William, Count of Sullynot measured- - 78
Fujiwara no Akisuke0 decades - 79
Abu Tahir Isfahaninot measured- - 80
Adolf II (IV) of Bergnot measured- - 81Geoffrey de Mandeville, 1st Earl of Essex21 decades
- 82Gerard II, Count of Gueldersnot measured-
- 83
Empress Renhuai; Empress Zhunot measured- - 84
Bernard Ato IVnot measured- - 85
Berthold III, Duke of Zähringen0 decades - 86William of Ypres0 decades
- 87Gruffydd ap Rhys0 decades
- 88Lucienne de Rochefortnot measured-
- 89Richeza of Bergnot measured-
- 90Henry II, Margrave of Meissennot measured-
- 91Ranulf II, Count of Alife0 decades
- 92Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare0 decades
- 93
Vicelinus14 decades - 94
Minamoto no Yoshikuninot measured- - 95
Predslava of Kyivnot measured- - 96
Rashid al-Din Vatvat0 decades - 97Ibn Atiyah al-Andalusinot measured-
- 98William fitz Duncan0 decades
- 99
Otto II the Blacknot measured- - 100Myocheongnot measured-
How to read these rankings
- People sit in their own time. Everyone is placed in the century their working life belongs to, and never in one that came after their death.
- Attention, not reputation. A place on these lists reflects the attention a person still draws in the public record, read across every language rather than one. 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. Those decades are closed, so each curve is measured once and kept.
- Gaps are left as gaps. Where the record is too thin to be fair, or a name belongs to more than one notable person, we would rather show nothing than guess.