← 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
Sigurd the Crusader0 decades - 2
Magnus Barefoot5 decades - 3
Sverre of Norway0 decades - 4
Magnus V of Norwaynot measured- - 5
Inge I of Norwaynot measured- - 6
Harald IV of Norwaynot measured- - 7
Magnus Erlendsson, Earl of Orkney0 decades - 8
Eystein I of Norwaynot measured- - 9
Magnus IV of Norway0 decades - 10
Sigurd II of Norwaynot measured- - 11
Haakon II of Norwaynot measured- - 12
Margaret Fredkullanot measured- - 13Erling Skakke1 decades
- 14Ingrid Ragnvaldsdotternot measured-
- 15
Malmfred of Kyivnot measured- - 16Ulvhild Håkansdotternot measured-
- 17
Sigurd Slembe1 decades - 18
Eystein II0 decades - 19
Olav Magnusson of Norwaynot measured- - 20
Eysteinn Erlendsson0 decades - 21Sigurd Magnusson0 decades
- 22Magnus Haraldsson0 decades
- 23Sigurd Markusfostrenot measured-
- 24Bård Guttormssonnot measured-
- 25Estrid Bjørnsdotternot measured-
- 26Nicholas Arnesson0 decades
- 27
Reinaldnot measured- - 28Ragna Nikolasdatternot measured-
- 29Ottar Birting0 decades
- 30Filip Arnessonnot 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.