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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Charles I of Anjou1226–1285 · 🇫🇷 France · Politicians13 decades - 2
James I of Aragon1208–1276 · 🇫🇷 France · Politicians0 decades - 3
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Pope Urban IV1185–1264 · 🇫🇷 France · Politicians11 decades - 4
Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester1208–1265 · 🇫🇷 France · Politicians0 decades - 5
Eleanor of Provence1223–1291 · 🇫🇷 France · Politicians12 decades - 6
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Pope Martin IV1220–1285 · 🇫🇷 France · Politicians22 decades - 7
Margaret II, Countess of Flanders1202–1280 · 🇫🇷 France · Politicians20 decades - 8
Henry II1207–1248 · 🇫🇷 France · Politicians22 decades - 9
Guillaume de Nogaret1260–1313 · 🇫🇷 France · Politicians22 decades - 10
Blanche of Artois1248–1302 · 🇫🇷 France · Politicians9 decades - 11
Maria of Montpellier1182–1213 · 🇫🇷 France · Politicians13 decades - 12
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Beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon1257–1310 · 🇫🇷 France · Politicians0 decades - 13
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Joan, Countess of Toulouse1220–1271 · 🇫🇷 France · Politicians14 decades - 14
Yolande II, Countess of Nevers1247–1280 · 🇫🇷 France · Politicians1 decades - 15
William II of Dampierre1196–1231 · 🇫🇷 France · Politicians0 decades - 16
Enguerrand de Marigny1260–1315 · 🇫🇷 France · Politicians22 decades - 17
Marie of Brienne1224–1275 · 🇫🇷 France · Politicians3 decades - 18
Marie of France, Duchess of Brabant1198–1224 · 🇫🇷 France · Politicians22 decades - 19
Bouchard IV of Avesnes1182–1244 · 🇫🇷 France · Politicians12 decades - 20
Marie, Countess of Ponthieu1199–1250 · 🇫🇷 France · Politicians0 decades - 21MOMathilde of Bourbon1165–1228 · 🇫🇷 France · Politiciansnot measured—
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Adelaide of Burgundy1233–1273 · 🇫🇷 France · Politicians5 decades - 23
Alice of Vergy1182–1251 · 🇫🇷 France · Politicians4 decades - 24
Cecile of Baux1230–1275 · 🇫🇷 France · Politicians0 decades - 25
Gaucher V de Châtillon1249–1329 · 🇫🇷 France · Politicians0 decades - 26
Robert of Courtenay, Lord of Champignelles1168–1239 · 🇫🇷 France · Politiciansnot measured— - 27JDJacques de Châtillon1256–1302 · 🇫🇷 France · Politiciansnot measured—
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Pieter de Coninck1240–1333 · 🇫🇷 France · Politicians0 decades - 29
Bouchard de Marly1200–1226 · 🇫🇷 France · Politiciansnot measured— - 30RORenier of Trit1200–1206 · 🇫🇷 France · Politicians7 decades
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John de Montmirail1165–1217 · 🇫🇷 France · Politicians8 decades - 32
Romée de Villeneuve1170–1250 · 🇫🇷 France · Politicians16 decades - 33
Erard of Brienne-Ramerupt1170–1246 · 🇫🇷 France · Politiciansnot measured— - 34
Milo of Nanteuildied 1234 · 🇫🇷 France · Politicians3 decades - 35GIGuy Ier de Lévis1180–1233 · 🇫🇷 France · Politiciansnot measured—
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Jeanne of Montfort1250–1300 · 🇫🇷 France · Politicians12 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.