1200–1299
The 13th century
Whose working lives fell in the 13th 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 13th century, ranked where Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.
#PersonIn print, 1800–2019Echoed
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Louis IX of France1214–1270 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures12 decades - 2
Philip II of France1165–1223 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures0 decades - 3
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Louis VIII of France1187–1226 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures0 decades - 4
Philip III of France1245–1285 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures0 decades - 5
Isabella of Angoulême1188–1246 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures0 decades - 6
William of Rubruck1220–1293 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures5 decades - 7
Baldwin I, Latin Emperor1172–1205 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures10 decades - 8
Robert I, Count of Artois1216–1250 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures0 decades - 9
Arthur I1187–1203 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures16 decades - 10
Alphonse, Count of Poitiers1220–1271 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures19 decades - 11
Robert II, Count of Artois1250–1302 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures0 decades - 12
Marie of Champagne1174–1204 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures21 decades - 13
John Tristan, Count of Valois1250–1270 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures0 decades - 14
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Amaury VII de Montfort1192–1241 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figuresnot measured— - 15
Sanchia of Provence1225–1261 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures0 decades - 16
Robert III, Count of Dreux1185–1234 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures0 decades - 17
Joan, Lady of Wales1191–1237 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figuresnot measured— - 18
Guy of Thouarsdied 1213 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures14 decades - 19
Mary, Countess of Blois1203–1241 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures0 decades - 20YOYolande of Dreux, Duchess of Burgundy1213–1248 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figuresnot measured—
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Walter III of Châtillon1166–1219 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures0 decades - 22
Matilda of Brabant, Countess of Artois1224–1288 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures0 decades - 23
Gertrude of Dagsburg1190–1225 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures0 decades - 24JIJohn I, Count of Dreux1215–1249 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figuresnot measured—
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Guy IV, Count of Saint-Pol1254–1317 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figuresnot measured— - 26
Alphonso of Brienne1227–1270 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures2 decades - 27
Mathieu II de Montmorency1174–1230 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures0 decades - 28
Robert IV, Count of Dreux1241–1282 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures0 decades - 29WIWilliam IV, Count of Ponthieu1179–1221 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figuresnot measured—
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Hugh II, Count of Blois1258–1307 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures0 decades - 31
Hugh I, Count of Blois1198–1248 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figuresnot measured— - 32COConstance of Béarn1245–1310 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures0 decades
- 33RIRoger IV, Count of Foix1210–1265 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures0 decades
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Henry de Lacy1249–1311 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures0 decades - 35
Hervé IV of Donzy1173–1222 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures0 decades - 36
Guigues VII of Viennois1225–1269 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figuresnot measured— - 37
Agnes of Faucigny1201–1268 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures2 decades - 38
Alix of Brittany1243–1288 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures5 decades - 39
Margaret of Béarn1245–1319 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figuresnot measured— - 40YOYolande of Châtillon1221–1254 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures0 decades
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Azalais of Toulouse1200–1200 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures0 decades - 42TCThomas, Count of Perche1193–1217 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures0 decades
- 43ADAmicie de Montfort1250–1252 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures0 decades
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Geoffrey III, Count of Perche1200–1202 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figuresnot measured— - 45
Gaucher de Châtillon1221–1250 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures21 decades - 46JCJoan, Countess of Rethel1250–1328 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures0 decades
- 47WDWilliam des Roches1165–1222 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures0 decades
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Guigues IV, Count of Forez1199–1241 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figuresnot measured— - 49
Baldwin III, Count of Guînes1198–1244 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figuresnot measured— - 50RIRobert III, Count of Alençondied 1217 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figuresnot measured—
- 51HIHenry II of Avaugour1205–1281 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures0 decades
- 52HIHugh IV, Count of Rethel1244–1285 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figuresnot measured—
- 53MVManasses V, Count of Rethel1201–1272 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figuresnot measured—
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Maurice of Pagnac1201–1322 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures0 decades - 55WCWalter, Count of Rethel1201–1262 · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures0 decades
How this is measured
- Placing people in time. Each person belongs to the century in which they were most active — around age 35, and never after their death.
- Who ranks highest. Within a century, people are ranked where two independent signals agree: how many of the world’s Wikipedia language editions cover them, and how many people actually read about them. Article counts alone can be lifted by a person’s own circle; readers cannot.
- Fame in print. The curves count how often a name appears in Google Books from 1800 to 2019, as a share of all the words printed each year, in the person’s own language wherever that corpus exists. Those decades are over, so each measurement is made once and kept.
- What is left out. A lifetime is measured only from 1820, when there is enough print to judge; the five years after a death are skipped as obituaries; and a name shared with someone equally notable is credited to neither.