← 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
Pope Innocent III22 decades - 2
Adrian IV22 decades - 3
Thomas Becket22 decades - 4
Pope Alexander III22 decades - 5
Pope Honorius III19 decades - 6
William of Tyre22 decades - 7
Pope Innocent II13 decades - 8
Hugues de Payens0 decades - 9
Saint Rosalia0 decades - 10
Peter Lombard22 decades - 11
Pope Callixtus II0 decades - 12
Pope Celestine III2 decades - 13
Gerald of Wales7 decades - 14
Sverre of Norway0 decades - 15
Saint Malachy0 decades - 16
Pope Gregory VIII0 decades - 17
Norbert of Xanten0 decades - 18
Pope Honorius II0 decades - 19
Pope Lucius III3 decades - 20
Pope Celestine II0 decades - 21
Anacletus II1 decades - 22
Pope Anastasius IV0 decades - 23
Innocent III22 decades - 24
Arnaud Amalric4 decades - 25
Henrynot measured- - 26
Stephen Langton22 decades - 27
Arnold of Brescia18 decades - 28
Saint Thorlak0 decades - 29
John of Matha22 decades - 30
Maurice de Sully0 decades - 31
Henry of Blois11 decades - 32
Hugh of Lincoln20 decades - 33Celestine II0 decades
- 34Edmund of Scotlandnot measured-
- 35
Arnulf of Chocques0 decades - 36
Felix of Valois21 decades - 37Callixtus III0 decades
- 38Theodoricnot measured-
- 39Victor IV6 decades
- 40Geoffreynot measured-
- 41
Hermann Joseph0 decades - 42
Conrad of Wittelsbach0 decades - 43Raymond of Aguilers2 decades
- 44
Saint Meinhardnot measured- - 45
Dagobert of Pisa0 decades - 46Theobald of Bec0 decades
- 47
Rainerius0 decades - 48
Rupert of Deutz3 decades - 49
Bernard II, Lord of Lippenot measured- - 50
Henry of France, Archbishop of Reims22 decades - 51
Albert of Louvain0 decades - 52
Vicelinus14 decades - 53Stephen of La Ferté0 decades
- 54Ralph d'Escures0 decades
- 55Hermann of Dorpatnot measured-
- 56
Diego Gelmírez0 decades - 57
Adalbert of Mainz0 decades - 58
Raymond of Fitero0 decades - 59
Theoderich von Treyden0 decades - 60Hugh de Puiset15 decades
- 61
Godfrey of Amiens0 decades - 62
Siegfried of Ballenstedtnot measured- - 63
Robert of Newminster0 decades - 64
Saint Ernest0 decades - 65
Guala Bicchieri0 decades - 66
Raherenot measured- - 67Richard of Dovernot measured-
- 68
Bretislaus III, Duke of Bohemianot measured- - 69
Nerses of Lambron0 decades - 70
Jocelin of Glasgow0 decades - 71
Saint Botvidnot measured- - 72Adolf of Altena0 decades
- 73
Valdemar of Denmark0 decades - 74
Rudolf of Zähringen0 decades - 75
Eusebius of Esztergomnot measured- - 76
Nigelnot measured- - 77
Konrad II. von Babenbergnot measured- - 78
Adalbert III of Bohemianot measured- - 79
Guðmundur Arason0 decades - 80
Konrad of Querfurt10 decades - 81Warmund0 decades
- 82
Wichmann of Seeburgnot measured- - 83
Huguccio6 decades - 84Aimery Picaud0 decades
- 85Ralph Nevillenot measured-
- 86Eskil of Lund0 decades
- 87
Thomas of Bayeux0 decades - 88Wibald0 decades
- 89
Galdino della Salanot measured- - 90Peter of Tarentaise21 decades
- 91
Geoffrey of Vendôme0 decades - 92
Anthelm of Belleynot measured- - 93
Walter of the Mill0 decades - 94
Thomasnot measured- - 95
William Giffard10 decades - 96Hartwig I. von Stadenot measured-
- 97
Alexander of Lincoln0 decades - 98Cellach of Armagh0 decades
- 99Theodwin17 decades
- 100
Evermode of Ratzeburgnot 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.