← 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
Saladin22 decades - 2
Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor20 decades - 3
Andronikos I Komnenos0 decades - 4
John II Komnenos0 decades - 5
Minamoto no Yoritomo0 decades - 6
William the Lion22 decades - 7
Prithviraj Chauhan0 decades - 8
Isaac II Angelos0 decades - 9
Enrico Dandolo1 decades - 10
Suryavarman II1 decades - 11
Baldwin III of Jerusalem0 decades - 12
Alexander I of Scotland0 decades - 13
Melisende3 decades - 14
David IV of Georgia0 decades - 15
Albert the Bear7 decades - 16
Béla III of Hungary0 decades - 17
Ahmad Sanjar0 decades - 18
Edgarnot measured- - 19
Yuri Dolgorukiy0 decades - 20
Bolesław III Wrymouthnot measured- - 21
Kilij Arslan I0 decades - 22
Mstislav I of Kievnot measured- - 23
William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembrokenot measured- - 24
Henry of Burgundy4 decades - 25
Taira no Kiyomori0 decades
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.