← 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
Minamoto no Yoritomo0 decades - 2
Minamoto no Yoshitsune0 decades - 3
Tomoe Gozen0 decades - 4
Emperor Sutoku0 decades - 5
Musashibō Benkeinot measured- - 6
Antoku0 decades - 7
Taira no Kiyomori0 decades - 8
Go-Shirakawa1 decades - 9
Takakuranot measured- - 10
Tobanot measured- - 11
Minamoto no Yoshinaka0 decades - 12
Emperor Konoe0 decades - 13
Emperor Horikawa0 decades - 14
Nijōnot measured- - 15
Rokujō0 decades - 16
Hōjō Masako0 decades - 17
Fujiwara no Teika0 decades - 18
Eisai6 decades - 19
Hōnen1 decades - 20
Minamoto no Yoshitomo0 decades - 21
Saigyō0 decades - 22
Hōjō Tokimasa0 decades - 23
Kamo no Chōmei0 decades - 24
Minamoto no Yorimasa0 decades - 25
Taira no Munemori0 decades - 26
Shikishi-naishinnōnot measured- - 27
Minamoto no Tametomo0 decades - 28
Hōjō Yoshitoki0 decades - 29
Taira no Tomomori0 decades - 30
Taira no Shigemori0 decades - 31
Unkei2 decades - 32
Prince Mochihito0 decades - 33
Taira no Tokukonot measured- - 34
Jien4 decades - 35
Minamoto no Tameyoshi0 decades - 36
Fujiwara no Tadamichi0 decades - 37
Minamoto no Noriyori0 decades - 38
Taira no Tokikonot measured- - 39
Taira no Koremori0 decades - 40
Fujiwara no Yorinaga0 decades - 41
Fujiwara no Narikonot measured- - 42
Taira no Tadamori0 decades - 43
Taira no Atsumori0 decades - 44Fujiwara no Yasuhira0 decades
- 45
Kajiwara Kagetoki0 decades - 46
Fujiwara no Toshinari0 decades - 47
Fujiwara no Hidehira0 decades - 48
Tokiwa Gozen0 decades - 49
Fujiwara no Tamakonot measured- - 50
Minamoto no Yukiie0 decades - 51
Taira no Shigehira0 decades - 52
Ōe no Hiromotonot measured- - 53
Kaikei3 decades - 54Fujiwara no Takanobu0 decades
- 55
Taira no Noritsune0 decades - 56
Minamoto no Yoshiyasunot measured- - 57
Minamoto no Yoshihira0 decades - 58
Imai Kanehira0 decades - 59
Fujiwara no Michinori0 decades - 60
Taira no Kagekiyo0 decades - 61
Kumagai Naozane0 decades - 62
Fujiwara no Tadazane0 decades - 63
Fujiwara no Kanezane0 decades - 64
Fujiwara no Motohiranot measured- - 65
Hatakeyama Shigetada0 decades - 66
Konoe Motozanenot measured- - 67
Fujiwara no Nobuyori0 decades - 68Fujiwara no Tashinot measured-
- 69
Ano Zenjōnot measured- - 70
Taira no Tadanori0 decades - 71
Fujiwara no Motofusa0 decades - 72Shushi-naishinnōnot measured-
- 73Kenreimon-in Ukyō no Daibunot measured-
- 74
Minamoto no Yoshikuninot measured- - 75
Konoe Motomichi0 decades - 76
Shunkan0 decades - 77
Minamoto no Yoshitakanot measured- - 78Sato Gozennot measured-
- 79Taira no Shigekonot measured-
- 80
Taira no Tsunemori0 decades - 81
Jakuren0 decades - 82
Minamoto no Tomonaganot measured- - 83
Wada Yoshimori0 decades - 84
Kakuban0 decades - 85
Nijō-in no Sanukinot measured- - 86
Fujiwara no Ietaka0 decades - 87
Adachi Morinaganot measured- - 88
Kiyosuke Fujiwaranot measured- - 89
Minamoto no Nakatsunanot measured- - 90
Minamoto no Yoshishigenot measured- - 91Fujiwara no Kiyokonot measured-
- 92Taira no Motomorinot measured-
- 93
Ashikaga Yoshikane0 decades - 94Muneko-naishinnōnot measured-
- 95
Akiko-naishinnōnot measured- - 96Fujiwara no Yasukonot measured-
- 97Sanman0 decades
- 98
Mongaku0 decades - 99Kiyomune Tairanot measured-
- 100Sasaki Hideyoshinot 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.