← 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
Herrad of Landsberg0 decades - 2
Zhang Zeduan2 decades - 3
Benedetto Antelami16 decades - 4
Ma Yuan2 decades - 5
Bonanno Pisano0 decades - 6
Wang Xi1 decades - 7
Gislebertusnot measured- - 8
Unkei2 decades - 9
Nicholas of Verdun19 decades - 10
Master of Taüll0 decades - 11
Wiligelmo0 decades - 12
Kaikei3 decades - 13Fujiwara no Takanobu0 decades
- 14
Master Mateo11 decades - 15Renier de Huy0 decades
- 16
Su Hanchen0 decades - 17Alberto Sotio0 decades
- 18
Master of the Bigallo Crucifixion6 decades - 19Mi Youren0 decades
- 20
Zhao Boju0 decades - 21
Master Sigrafnot measured- - 22Zhao Kai1 decades
- 23Su Guo0 decades
- 24Qiao Shi3 decades
- 25
Biduino0 decades - 26Wang Tingyun0 decades
- 27
Majestatis12 decades - 28Anselmo da Campione0 decades
- 29Ma Shirongnot 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.