← 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 - 26
Matilda of Boulogne1 decades - 27
Malcolm IV of Scotland0 decades - 28
Qutb al-Din Aibak0 decades - 29
Vsevolod III the Big Nestnot measured- - 30
Isabella of Hainault0 decades - 31
Ferdinand II of León0 decades - 32Al-Adid0 decades
- 33
Al-Aziz Uthmannot measured- - 34Constance of Antioch0 decades
- 35
Beatrice I, Countess of Burgundynot measured- - 36
William Clito1 decades - 37
Stephen III of Hungary0 decades - 38
Raymond of Poitiers17 decades - 39
Theresa of Leónnot measured- - 40
Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembrokenot measured- - 41
Barkiyaruq0 decades - 42
Absalonnot measured- - 43
Shirkuh7 decades - 44
Canute VI of Denmark0 decades - 45Alice of France6 decades
- 46
Philip I, Count of Flanders22 decades - 47
Kilij Arslan II0 decades - 48
Emperor Konoe0 decades - 49
Canute I of Swedennot measured- - 50
Peter I of Courtenaynot measured- - 51
Hōjō Masako0 decades - 52
Casimir II the Just0 decades - 53
Charles I, Count of Flandersnot measured- - 54
Sibylla of Anjou0 decades - 55
Thierry of Lorraine, Count of Flanders0 decades - 56
Najm ad-Din Ayyub0 decades - 57
Nur ad-Din2 decades - 58Al-Afdal Shahanshahnot measured-
- 59
Philip of Francenot measured- - 60
Karl Sverkersson0 decades - 61
Canute V of Denmarknot measured- - 62
Qin Hui0 decades - 63Abu Yaqub Yusuf Inot measured-
- 64
Margaret I, Countess of Flanders8 decades - 65
Al-Mustadi0 decades - 66
Kulinnot measured- - 67
Al-Rashid8 decades - 68
Bolesław IV the Curlynot measured- - 69
Al-Hafiz0 decades - 70
Hōjō Tokimasa0 decades - 71
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Al-Zafir0 decades - 72
Al-Mustanjid0 decades - 73
Yaropolk II of Kievnot measured- - 74Alice of Antioch0 decades
- 75
Eystein I of Norwaynot measured- - 76
Margaret of Blois0 decades - 77
Constance of France, Princess of Antioch0 decades - 78
Mahmud II of Great Seljuqnot measured- - 79Necmeddin İlgazinot measured-
- 80
Mieszko III the Old0 decades - 81Adela of Flanders0 decades
- 82
Stephen IV of Hungary0 decades - 83
Rainald of Dassel16 decades - 84Simon of Sicilynot measured-
- 85
Frederick, Duke of Bohemianot measured- - 86
Adelaide, Countess of Vermandoisnot measured- - 87Al-Faiz0 decades
- 88
Agnes of Babenberg0 decades - 89
Ladislaus II of Hungarynot measured- - 90
Rostislav I of Kievnot measured- - 91
Toghtekin0 decades - 92
Atsız0 decades - 93Ibn al-Qalanisi0 decades
- 94Ermengarde, Countess of Mainenot measured-
- 95
Elisabeth, Countess of Vermandois0 decades - 96
Hubert Walter22 decades - 97
Hōjō Yoshitoki0 decades - 98
Eleanor, Countess of Vermandois0 decades - 99
Urraca of Castile, Queen of Navarre3 decades - 100Manuel Komnenos0 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.