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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.

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  1. 1Gertrude the GreatGertrude the Great1256–1302 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Writers6 decades
  2. 2Gottfried von StrassburgGottfried von Strassburg1180–1215 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Writers22 decades
  3. 3MechtildeMechtilde1241–1298 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Writers10 decades
  4. 4Ulrich von LiechtensteinUlrich von Liechtenstein1200–1275 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Writers20 decades
  5. 5Der von KürenbergDer von Kürenberg1200–1200 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Writers3 decades
  6. 6Eike von RepgowEike von Repgow1180–1233 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Writers19 decades
  7. 7OVOtto V, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel1246–1298 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Writersnot measured—
  8. 8Reinmar of HagenauReinmar of Hagenau1200–1210 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Writers0 decades
  9. 9Reinmar von ZweterReinmar von Zweter1200–1248 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Writers0 decades
  10. 10Ulrich von ZatzikhovenUlrich von Zatzikhoven1200–1300 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Writers0 decades
  11. 11Walther von KlingenWalther von Klingen1215–1286 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Writers0 decades
  12. 12Albert of StadeAlbert of Stade1200–1264 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Writers0 decades
  13. 13FFreidank1200–1233 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Writers2 decades
  14. 14Thomasin von ZirclaereThomasin von Zirclaere1186–1216 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Writers0 decades
  15. 15Albrecht von JohansdorfAlbrecht von Johansdorf1180–1209 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Writers8 decades
  16. 16David of AugsburgDavid of Augsburg1200–1272 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Writers18 decades
  17. 17Hugo von TrimbergHugo von Trimberg1230–1313 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Writers0 decades
  18. 18Ulrich von TürheimUlrich von Türheim1190–1250 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Writers0 decades
  19. 19WDWernher der Gartenaereborn 1201 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Writers0 decades
  20. 20Meinloh von SevelingenMeinloh von Sevelingen1200–1200 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Writers11 decades
  21. 21AFArnold Fitz Thedmar1201–1270 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Writers0 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.