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. 1Eric IX of SwedenEric IX of Sweden1120–1160 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Historical Figures0 decades
  2. 2Sverker I of SwedenSverker I of Sweden1100–1156 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  3. 3Canute I of SwedenCanute I of Sweden1150–1196 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politiciansnot measured—
  4. 4Karl SverkerssonKarl Sverkersson1130–1167 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politicians0 decades
  5. 5Philip of SwedenPhilip of Sweden1070–1118 · 🇸🇪 Sweden0 decades
  6. 6Sverker II of SwedenSverker II of Sweden1164–1210 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  7. 7Inge the YoungerInge the Younger1074–1125 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Historical Figures0 decades
  8. 8Magnus HenrikssonMagnus Henriksson1130–1161 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Historical Figures0 decades
  9. 9RKRagnvald Knaphövde1100–1126 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  10. 10Christina Ingesdotter of SwedenChristina Ingesdotter of Sweden1100–1122 · 🇸🇪 Swedennot measured—
  11. 11Helena of SkövdeHelena of Skövde1100–1160 · 🇸🇪 Swedennot measured—
  12. 12MOMargaret of Sweden, Queen of Norway1155–1209 · 🇸🇪 Sweden0 decades
  13. 13Saint BotvidSaint Botvid1100–1120 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  14. 14HOHelena of Swedenborn 1130 · 🇸🇪 Swedennot measured—
  15. 15FTFolke the Fat1100–1200 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politiciansnot measured—
  16. 16Sune SikSune Sik1154–1200 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politiciansnot measured—
  17. 17ThomasThomas1150–1248 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Religious Figuresnot measured—
  18. 18FJFolke jarl1164–1210 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politiciansnot measured—
  19. 19Master SigrafMaster Sigrafborn 1150 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Artistsnot measured—
  20. 20MajestatisMajestatisborn 1150 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Artists12 decades
  21. 21FEFilip Erikssonborn 1145 · 🇸🇪 Swedennot 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.