← 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
Eric IX of Sweden0 decades - 2
Canute I of Swedennot measured- - 3
Sverker I of Swedennot measured- - 4
Karl Sverkersson0 decades - 5
Philip of Sweden0 decades - 6
Inge the Younger0 decades - 7
Sverker II of Swedennot measured- - 8Ragnvald Knaphövdenot measured-
- 9
Magnus Henriksson0 decades - 10Margaret of Sweden, Queen of Norway0 decades
- 11
Helena of Skövdenot measured- - 12
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Christina Ingesdotter of Swedennot measured- - 13
Saint Botvidnot measured- - 14Folke the Fatnot measured-
- 15
Thomasnot measured- - 16Helena of Swedennot measured-
- 17
Sune Siknot measured- - 18
Master Sigrafnot measured- - 19
Majestatis12 decades - 20Folke jarlnot measured-
- 21Filip Erikssonnot measured-
- 22Holmger Filipssonnot measured-
- 23Bengt Magnussonnot 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.