← Fame through time1200-1299
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 coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Albertus Magnus22 decades - 2
Meister Eckhart12 decades - 3
Rudolf I of Germanynot measured- - 4
Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperornot measured- - 5
Wolfram von Eschenbach18 decades - 6
Conradin22 decades - 7
Conrad IV of Germany22 decades - 8
Philip of Swabia22 decades - 9
Gertrude the Great6 decades - 10
Hedwig of Silesia0 decades - 11
Ingeborg of Denmark, Queen of Francenot measured- - 12
Otto V or III, Duke of Bavarianot measured- - 13
Mechthild of Magdeburg14 decades - 14
Gottfried von Strassburg22 decades - 15
Louis II, Duke of Bavaria16 decades - 16
Agnes of Meranianot measured- - 17
Albert IInot measured- - 18
Henry V, Count of Luxembourgnot measured- - 19
Otto the Childnot measured- - 20
Gertrude of Merania0 decades - 21
Ulrich von Liechtenstein20 decades - 22
Mechtilde10 decades - 23
Engelbert II of Berg0 decades - 24
Albert I, Duke of Saxonynot measured- - 25
Judith of Habsburg0 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.