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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. 1JienJien1155–1225 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers4 decades
  2. 2Kamo no ChōmeiKamo no Chōmei1155–1216 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  3. 3Fujiwara no TeikaFujiwara no Teika1162–1241 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  4. 4SaigyōSaigyō1118–1190 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  5. 5Minamoto no YorimasaMinamoto no Yorimasa1106–1180 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  6. 6Shikishi-naishinnōShikishi-naishinnō1149–1201 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured—
  7. 7Fujiwara no ToshinariFujiwara no Toshinari1114–1204 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  8. 8Fujiwara no IetakaFujiwara no Ietaka1158–1237 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  9. 9Fujiwara no AkisukeFujiwara no Akisuke1090–1155 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  10. 10JakurenJakuren1139–1202 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  11. 11Nijō-in no SanukiNijō-in no Sanuki1141–1217 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured—
  12. 12Kiyosuke FujiwaraKiyosuke Fujiwara1104–1177 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured—
  13. 13Fujiwara no TadazaneFujiwara no Tadazane1078–1162 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  14. 14Fujiwara no MichinoriFujiwara no Michinori1106–1160 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  15. 15Tokudaiji SanesadaTokudaiji Sanesada1139–1192 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured—
  16. 16Inpumon-in no TaifuInpumon-in no Taifu1130–1200 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured—
  17. 17Shun'eShun'e1113–1191 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  18. 18DōinDōin1090–1182 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured—
  19. 19Minamoto no KanemasaMinamoto no Kanemasa1100–1200 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  20. 20KKojijū1121–1202 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  21. 21Go-Toba In Kunai-kyōGo-Toba In Kunai-kyō1150–1207 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured—
  22. 22KUKenreimon-in Ukyō no Daibuborn 1157 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured—
  23. 23KNKayōmon-in no Echizenborn 1150 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured—
  24. 24KCKenshunmon-in Chūnagonborn 1157 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured—

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.