← Fame through time1250-1259
The 1250s
Whose working lives fell in the 1250s. 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 1250s, ranked where Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Kublai Khan19 decades - 2
Pope Celestine V0 decades - 3
Alexander Nevsky17 decades - 4
Roger Bacon22 decades - 5
Bonaventure11 decades - 6
Rudolf I of Germany22 decades - 7
Alfonso X of Castile1 decades - 8
Michael VIII Palaiologos0 decades - 9
Hulagu Khan0 decades - 10
Eleanor of Provence12 decades - 11
Pope Nicholas III3 decades - 12
Pope John XXI0 decades - 13
Nichiren15 decades - 14
Conrad IV of Germany22 decades - 15
Baibarsnot measured- - 16
Ariq Böke0 decades - 17
Ibn al-Nafis0 decades - 18
William of Rubruck5 decades - 19
Llywelyn ap Gruffudd2 decades - 20
Pope Innocent V22 decades - 21
Margaret of Provence0 decades - 22
Jalal ud din Firuz Khaljinot measured- - 23
Baldwin II, Latin Emperor22 decades - 24
William II of Holland0 decades - 25
Pope Martin IV22 decades - 26
Theodore II Laskaris0 decades - 27
Eric IV of Denmarknot measured- - 28
Robert I, Count of Artois0 decades - 29
Kinga of Polandnot measured- - 30
St. Zita1 decades - 31
Violant of Hungary0 decades - 32
Christopher I of Denmarknot measured- - 33
Qalawun3 decades - 34
Brunetto Latini22 decades - 35
Henry III22 decades - 36Oghul Qaimish0 decades
- 37
Alphonse, Count of Poitiers19 decades - 38
Emperor Go-Saga0 decades - 39
Rabban Bar Sauma0 decades - 40
Isabella I, Queen of Armenia2 decades - 41
Al-Muazzam Turanshahnot measured- - 42
Stephen Uroš I of Serbianot measured- - 43
Henry I of Cyprus0 decades - 44
Henry V, Count of Luxembourg22 decades - 45
Eric XI of Swedennot measured- - 46
Abel, King of Denmarknot measured- - 47
Sartaq Khannot measured- - 48
Manuel I of Trebizondnot measured- - 49
Eleanor of Leicesternot measured- - 50
Ulaghchi0 decades - 51
Sheikh Edebali0 decades - 52
Chabinot measured- - 53
Ugolino della Gherardesca0 decades - 54
Wojsiełknot measured- - 55
Jean de Joinville0 decades - 56
Enzio of Sardinia0 decades - 57
Friar Julian0 decades - 58
Kujō Yoritsunenot measured- - 59
Rostislav Mikhailovich0 decades - 60George Akropolites0 decades
- 61
Rose of Viterbo0 decades - 62William of Moerbeke5 decades
- 63Wonjong0 decades
- 64
John I, Duke of Brittany0 decades - 65Qara Hülëgünot measured-
- 66
Joan, Countess of Toulouse14 decades - 67
Andrey II of Vladimirnot measured- - 68
Tekle Haymanot0 decades - 69
Sophie of Thuringia, Duchess of Brabant8 decades - 70
Henry of Ghent8 decades - 71
Otto III, Margrave of Brandenburg16 decades - 72Yesü Möngkenot measured-
- 73
Kadan6 decades - 74
Zdislava of Lemberk0 decades - 75
Bolesław II Rogatkanot measured- - 76
Kayqubad IInot measured- - 77Kujō Yoritsugunot measured-
- 78
David VII of Georgianot measured- - 79
Michael II Asen0 decades - 80
Blanche of Navarre2 decades - 81
Haakon the Youngnot measured- - 82
Herman VI, Margrave of Baden0 decades - 83
Maria of Brabant, Duchess of Bavaria12 decades - 84
Al-Ashraf0 decades - 85
John I, Count of Hainaut22 decades - 86
Salimbene di Adam0 decades - 87Trần Thái Tôngnot measured-
- 88
Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln0 decades - 89
Zahed Gilani0 decades - 90
Rukn al-Din Khurshah0 decades - 91
Mencia Lopez de Haronot measured- - 92
Marie of Brienne3 decades - 93
Safi al-Din al-Urmawinot measured- - 94
Saint Fina0 decades - 95
Henry III the Whitenot measured- - 96Athīr al-Dīn al-Abharīnot measured-
- 97
Joan, Countess of Ponthieunot measured- - 98
Hugh XI of Lusignan0 decades - 99
Saint Alice0 decades - 100Isabella of Cyprusnot 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.