← 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
Pérotin0 decades - 2
Léonin0 decades - 3
Bernard de Ventadour0 decades - 4
Blondel de Nesle0 decades - 5
Raimbaut de Vaqueiras0 decades - 6
Godric of Finchale0 decades - 7
Abu-l-Qasim Ahmad ibn al-Husayn ibn Qasinot measured- - 8
Raimbaut d'Aurenga0 decades - 9
Peire d'Auvergne0 decades - 10
Guilhem de Cabestanynot measured- - 11
Perdigonnot measured- - 12Ibn Barrajan0 decades
- 13
Gace Brulé0 decades - 14
Peirol0 decades - 15
Pons de Capdueil0 decades - 16
Dalfin d'Alvernhe0 decades - 17
Almucs de Castelnau0 decades - 18Albertus Parisiensisnot measured-
- 19
Le Moine de Montaudonnot measured- - 20Johannes Cotto0 decades
- 21Alegret1 decades
- 22
Fujiwara no Moronaganot measured- - 23
Guillem de Ribesnot measured- - 24
Guilhem de Saint-Leidiernot measured- - 25
Falquet de Romans0 decades - 26
Garin lo Brun0 decades - 27Rudolf of St Trond0 decades
- 28
Gauseran de Saint-Leidiernot 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.