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← Fame through time1100-1199

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 coverage and readership agree.

  1. 1Pope Callixtus II1065-1124 · France · Religious Figures0 decades
  2. 2Arnaud Amalric1160-1225 · France · Religious Figures4 decades
  3. 3John of Matha1160-1213 · France · Religious Figures22 decades
  4. 4Felix of Valois1127-1212 · France · Religious Figures21 decades
  5. 5Henry of France, Archbishop of Reims1121-1175 · France · Religious Figures22 decades
  6. 6Stephen of La Ferté1100-1130 · France · Religious Figures0 decades
  7. 7Godfrey of Amiens1066-1115 · France · Religious Figures0 decades
  8. 8Richard of Dover1101-1184 · France · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  9. 9Aimery Picaud1101-1101 · France · Religious Figures0 decades
  10. 10Geoffrey of Vendôme1093-1132 · France · Religious Figures0 decades
  11. 11Guarinus of Sitten1065-1150 · France · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  12. 12Astralabius1116-1171 · France · Religious Figures4 decades
  13. 13Étienne de Bar1100-1163 · France · Religious Figures1 decades
  14. 14Lambert of Vence1084-1154 · France · Religious Figures0 decades
  15. 15Patriarch Fulk of Jerusalem1100-1157 · France · Religious Figures0 decades
  16. 16Ebremaro di Thérouanne1100-1123 · France · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  17. 17Rotrou1109-1183 · France · Religious Figures0 decades
  18. 18Imar of Tusculum1100-1161 · France · Religious Figures0 decades
  19. 19Bernard of Valence1100-1135 · France · Religious Figures1 decades
  20. 20Aubrey1150-1218 · France · Religious Figures0 decades
  21. 21Philip of France, Archdeacon of Parisdied 1161 · France · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  22. 22Étienne de Châtillon1155-1208 · France · Religious Figures0 decades
  23. 23Henri de Sully1101-1200 · France · Religious Figures20 decades
  24. 24Ralph of Domfront1100-1149 · France · Religious Figures1 decades
  25. 25Matthew of Albano1080-1135 · France · Religious Figures0 decades
  26. 26Nivelon de Quierzy1150-1207 · France · Religious Figures0 decades
  27. 27Samson of Mauvoisin1150-1161 · France · Religious Figures0 decades
  28. 28Odo Arpin of Bourges1100-1109 · France · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  29. 29Raoul of Merencourt1101-1225 · France · Religious Figures0 decades
  30. 30Hugh of Amiens1085-1164 · France · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  31. 31Simon of Vermandois1093-1148 · France · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  32. 32Henry of Poitiers1100-1149 · France · Religious Figures3 decades
  33. 33Guichard of Pontigny1106-1181 · France · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  34. 34Étienne de Marsayborn 1150 · France · Religious Figuresnot measured-

How to read these rankings

  • Attention, not reputation. A place on these lists reflects the attention a person still draws in the public record. 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.
  • Gaps are left as gaps. Where the record is too thin to be fair, we would rather show nothing than guess.