← Fame through time1150-1159
The 1150s
Whose working lives fell in the 1150s. 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 1150s, ranked where Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor20 decades - 2
Eleanor of Aquitaine19 decades - 3
Thomas Becket22 decades - 4
Louis VII of France5 decades - 5
Manuel I Komnenos0 decades - 6
Andronikos I Komnenos0 decades - 7
Raynald of Châtillon22 decades - 8
Sancho III of Castile17 decades - 9
William I of Sicily1 decades - 10
Emperor Sutoku0 decades - 11
Taira no Kiyomori0 decades - 12
Eric IX of Sweden0 decades - 13
Abu'l-Faraj ibn al-Jawzinot measured- - 14
Sweyn III of Denmarknot measured- - 15
Otto I Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavarianot measured- - 16
Eustathius of Thessalonica0 decades - 17
Emperor Konoe0 decades - 18
Alain of Lille0 decades - 19
William IX, Count of Poitiersnot measured- - 20
Robert I, Count of Dreux0 decades - 21
Nur ad-Din2 decades - 22
Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair0 decades - 23
Canute V of Denmarknot measured- - 24
Saigyō0 decades - 25
Minamoto no Yoshitomo0 decades - 26
Bolesław IV the Curlynot measured- - 27
Maud of Savoynot measured- - 28
Al-Mustanjid0 decades - 29
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Al-Zafir0 decades - 30
Khaqani0 decades - 31
Saint Homobonus0 decades - 32
Ahmed ar-Rifa'inot measured- - 33
Henry of Scotland0 decades - 34
Sigurd II of Norwaynot measured- - 35Geoffrey, Count of Nantesnot measured-
- 36
Eustace IV, Count of Boulogne0 decades - 37Richeza of Poland, Queen of Swedennot measured-
- 38
Agnes of Babenberg0 decades - 39
Matthias I, Duke of Lorrainenot measured- - 40
Helmoldnot measured- - 41
Odo II, Duke of Burgundynot measured- - 42
Raymond IInot measured- - 43
Welf VI, Margrave of Tuscany22 decades - 44
Emperor Shizong of Jinnot measured- - 45
Emperor Hailingwang of Jinnot measured- - 46
Philip of Milly0 decades - 47
Eystein II0 decades - 48
Henry Berengarnot measured- - 49Thoros II, Prince of Armenia0 decades
- 50
Blanche of Navarre, Queen of Castilenot measured- - 51Ada de Warenne0 decades
- 52
Sviatoslav III of Kievnot measured- - 53Christian I, Count of Oldenburgnot measured-
- 54Emperor Xizong of Jinnot measured-
- 55Theodoros Prodromos0 decades
- 56
Burhan al-Din al-Murghinaninot measured- - 57Peter of Blois22 decades
- 58Abraham ben David of Posquièresnot measured-
- 59Erling Skakke1 decades
- 60
Parakramabahu I of Polonnaruwanot measured- - 61Dominicus Gundissalinus12 decades
- 62
William I, Count of Boulognenot measured- - 63Eschiva of Bures0 decades
- 64
Sibylla of Burgundynot measured- - 65Ioveta of Bethanynot measured-
- 66
Adam of Saint Victor0 decades - 67
Hodierna of Jerusalem0 decades - 68Ermengarde, Viscountess of Narbonnenot measured-
- 69Robert of Ketton0 decades
- 70
Judith of Babenbergnot measured- - 71
Judah ben Saul ibn Tibbonnot measured- - 72
Yaroslav Osmomysl0 decades - 73
Rainerius0 decades - 74
William Fitz Robert, 2nd Earl of Gloucester0 decades - 75
Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Saʿd ibn Mardanīshnot measured- - 76
Fujiwara no Yorinaga0 decades - 77Sorquan Shiranot measured-
- 78Emperor Renzong of Western Xianot measured-
- 79
Fujiwara no Narikonot measured- - 80
Gualdim Pais0 decades - 81
Fujiwara no Hidehira0 decades - 82
Dietmar von Aist16 decades - 83
Henry of France, Archbishop of Reims22 decades - 84Lakshman Sen0 decades
- 85Ranulf de Glanvill0 decades
- 86Henry I, Count of Gueldersnot measured-
- 87
Raymond of Fitero0 decades - 88
Eysteinn Erlendsson0 decades - 89
Gertrude of Bohemianot measured- - 90
Muhammad II of Great Seljuqnot measured- - 91
Narathunot measured- - 92
Mkhitar Heratsi0 decades - 93
Ajami Nakhchivaninot measured- - 94Khosro of Ghazninot measured-
- 95Yi Ŭi-bangnot measured-
- 96
Sakhi Sarwar Saintnot measured- - 97
Maria of Bohemia0 decades - 98Simon III de Montfort0 decades
- 99Ludwig I, Count of Württembergnot measured-
- 100Humphrey II of Toron0 decades
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.