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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. 1Hermann Joseph1150-1241 · Germany · Religious Figures0 decades
  2. 2Conrad of Wittelsbach1125-1200 · Germany · Religious Figures0 decades
  3. 3Bernard II, Lord of Lippe1140-1224 · Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  4. 4Adalbert of Mainz1100-1137 · Germany · Religious Figures0 decades
  5. 5Saint Ernest1116-1148 · Germany · Religious Figures0 decades
  6. 6Rudolf of Zähringen1130-1191 · Germany · Religious Figures0 decades
  7. 7Konrad of Querfurt1158-1202 · Germany · Religious Figures10 decades
  8. 8Wolfger von Erla1140-1218 · Germany · Religious Figures5 decades
  9. 9Ruthard of Mainz1100-1109 · Germany · Religious Figures22 decades
  10. 10Arnold of Selenhofen1095-1160 · Germany · Religious Figures2 decades
  11. 11Bruno II von Berg1102-1137 · Germany · Religious Figures0 decades
  12. 12Hartmann von Brixen1090-1164 · Germany · Religious Figures9 decades
  13. 13Ulrich II of Aquileia1150-1182 · Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  14. 14Arnold I of Cologne1100-1151 · Germany · Religious Figures0 decades
  15. 15Johann I of Kraichgau1100-1104 · Germany · Religious Figures22 decades
  16. 16Caesar of Speyer1101-1237 · Germany · Religious Figures0 decades
  17. 17Cyprian, bishop of Lebus and Wrocław1150-1207 · Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  18. 18Otto II of Berg1139-1220 · Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  19. 19Bernard of Hildesheim1100-1154 · Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  20. 20Embricho de Wurtzbourg1100-1146 · Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  21. 21Diepold von Berg1140-1190 · Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  22. 22Conrad II of Riesenberg1101-1249 · Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  23. 23Conrad of Querfurt1100-1142 · Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  24. 24Otto VI. von Andechs1132-1196 · Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  25. 25Hartwig II, Bishop of Regensburg1100-1164 · Germany · 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.