Claim profile
1100–1199

The 12th century

Whose working lives fell in the 12th 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 12th century, ranked where Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.

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  1. 1Pope Callixtus IIPope Callixtus II1065–1124 · 🇫🇷 France · Religious Figures0 decades
  2. 2Arnaud AmalricArnaud Amalric1160–1225 · 🇫🇷 France · Religious Figures4 decades
  3. 3John of MathaJohn of Matha1160–1213 · 🇫🇷 France · Religious Figures22 decades
  4. 4Felix of ValoisFelix of Valois1127–1212 · 🇫🇷 France · Religious Figures21 decades
  5. 5Henry of France, Archbishop of ReimsHenry of France, Archbishop of Reims1121–1175 · 🇫🇷 France · Religious Figures22 decades
  6. 6APAimery Picaud1101–1101 · 🇫🇷 France · Religious Figures0 decades
  7. 7Godfrey of AmiensGodfrey of Amiens1066–1115 · 🇫🇷 France · Religious Figures0 decades
  8. 8RORichard of Dover1101–1184 · 🇫🇷 France · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  9. 9Guarinus of SittenGuarinus of Sitten1065–1150 · 🇫🇷 France · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  10. 10Geoffrey of VendômeGeoffrey of Vendôme1093–1132 · 🇫🇷 France · Religious Figures0 decades
  11. 11AAstralabius1116–1171 · 🇫🇷 France · Religious Figures4 decades
  12. 12ÉDÉtienne de Bar1100–1163 · 🇫🇷 France · Religious Figures1 decades
  13. 13PFPatriarch Fulk of Jerusalem1100–1157 · 🇫🇷 France · Religious Figures0 decades
  14. 14BOBernard of Valence1100–1135 · 🇫🇷 France · Religious Figures1 decades
  15. 15Ebremaro di ThérouanneEbremaro di Thérouanne1100–1123 · 🇫🇷 France · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  16. 16Étienne de ChâtillonÉtienne de Châtillon1155–1208 · 🇫🇷 France · Religious Figures0 decades
  17. 17HDHenri de Sully1101–1200 · 🇫🇷 France · Religious Figures20 decades
  18. 18POPhilip of France, Archdeacon of Parisdied 1161 · 🇫🇷 France · Religious Figures22 decades
  19. 19Lambert of VenceLambert of Vence1084–1154 · 🇫🇷 France · Religious Figures0 decades
  20. 20RotrouRotrou1109–1183 · 🇫🇷 France · Religious Figures0 decades
  21. 21AubreyAubrey1150–1218 · 🇫🇷 France · Religious Figures0 decades
  22. 22Odo Arpin of BourgesOdo Arpin of Bourges1100–1109 · 🇫🇷 France · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  23. 23Ralph of DomfrontRalph of Domfront1100–1149 · 🇫🇷 France · Religious Figures1 decades
  24. 24MOMatthew of Albano1080–1135 · 🇫🇷 France · Religious Figures0 decades
  25. 25Nivelon de QuierzyNivelon de Quierzy1150–1207 · 🇫🇷 France · Religious Figures0 decades
  26. 26RORaoul of Merencourt1101–1225 · 🇫🇷 France · Religious Figures0 decades
  27. 27SOSamson of Mauvoisin1150–1161 · 🇫🇷 France · Religious Figures0 decades
  28. 28HOHenry of Poitiers1100–1149 · 🇫🇷 France · Religious Figures3 decades

How this is measured

  • Placing people in time. Each person belongs to the century in which they were most active — around age 35, and never after their death.
  • Who ranks highest. Within a century, people are ranked where two independent signals agree: how many of the world’s Wikipedia language editions cover them, and how many people actually read about them. Article counts alone can be lifted by a person’s own circle; readers cannot.
  • Fame in print. The curves count how often a name appears in Google Books from 1800 to 2019, as a share of all the words printed each year, in the person’s own language wherever that corpus exists. Those decades are over, so each measurement is made once and kept.
  • What is left out. A lifetime is measured only from 1820, when there is enough print to judge; the five years after a death are skipped as obituaries; and a name shared with someone equally notable is credited to neither.