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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FieldAllHistorical FiguresWritersPoliticiansReligious FiguresAcademicsModelsActorsArtistsMusiciansDoctors
  1. 1Sigurd the CrusaderSigurd the Crusader1089–1130 · 🇳🇴 Norway0 decades
  2. 2Magnus BarefootMagnus Barefoot1073–1103 · 🇳🇴 Norway · Historical Figures5 decades
  3. 3Sverre of NorwaySverre of Norway1151–1202 · 🇳🇴 Norway · Religious Figures0 decades
  4. 4Magnus IV of NorwayMagnus IV of Norway1115–1139 · 🇳🇴 Norway0 decades
  5. 5Magnus V of NorwayMagnus V of Norway1156–1184 · 🇳🇴 Norwaynot measured—
  6. 6Harald IV of NorwayHarald IV of Norway1102–1136 · 🇳🇴 Norway · Modelsnot measured—
  7. 7Inge I of NorwayInge I of Norway1135–1161 · 🇳🇴 Norwaynot measured—
  8. 8Sigurd II of NorwaySigurd II of Norway1133–1155 · 🇳🇴 Norway · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  9. 9Olav Magnusson of NorwayOlav Magnusson of Norway1099–1115 · 🇳🇴 Norwaynot measured—
  10. 10Eystein I of NorwayEystein I of Norway1088–1123 · 🇳🇴 Norway · Politiciansnot measured—
  11. 11Haakon II of NorwayHaakon II of Norway1147–1162 · 🇳🇴 Norway · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  12. 12Eystein IIEystein II1125–1157 · 🇳🇴 Norway0 decades
  13. 13Magnus Erlendsson, Earl of OrkneyMagnus Erlendsson, Earl of Orkney1075–1117 · 🇳🇴 Norway0 decades
  14. 14Margaret FredkullaMargaret Fredkulla1080–1200 · 🇳🇴 Norway · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  15. 15Malmfred of KyivMalmfred of Kyiv1090–1137 · 🇳🇴 Norway · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  16. 16Sigurd SlembeSigurd Slembe1100–1139 · 🇳🇴 Norway1 decades
  17. 17Ingrid RagnvaldsdotterIngrid Ragnvaldsdotter1105–1161 · 🇳🇴 Norway · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  18. 18UHUlvhild Håkansdotter1090–1148 · 🇳🇴 Norway · Politiciansnot measured—
  19. 19ESErling Skakke1115–1179 · 🇳🇴 Norway · Politicians1 decades
  20. 20Eysteinn ErlendssonEysteinn Erlendsson1120–1188 · 🇳🇴 Norway · Writers0 decades
  21. 21MHMagnus Haraldsson1135–1145 · 🇳🇴 Norway0 decades
  22. 22SMSigurd Magnusson1180–1194 · 🇳🇴 Norway0 decades
  23. 23SMSigurd Markusfostre1155–1163 · 🇳🇴 Norwaynot measured—
  24. 24BGBård Guttormsson1150–1194 · 🇳🇴 Norway · Politiciansnot measured—
  25. 25NANicholas Arnesson1150–1225 · 🇳🇴 Norway · Religious Figures0 decades
  26. 26EBEstrid Bjørnsdotterborn 1150 · 🇳🇴 Norway · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  27. 27ReinaldReinalddied 1135 · 🇳🇴 Norway · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  28. 28RNRagna Nikolasdatter1101–1161 · 🇳🇴 Norway · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  29. 29OBOttar Birting1100–1146 · 🇳🇴 Norway · Politicians0 decades
  30. 30FAFilip Arnessondied 1180 · 🇳🇴 Norwaynot 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.