← 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 - 26Henry I, Landgrave of Hessenot measured-
- 27
Henry V, Count Palatine of the Rhinenot measured- - 28
Louis IVnot measured- - 29
Matilda of Habsburg0 decades - 30
Margaret of Sicilynot measured- - 31
Conrad I of Hochstaden17 decades - 32
Konrad von Marburg22 decades - 33
Master Gerhard19 decades - 34
Eike von Repgow19 decades - 35
William of Luneburg14 decades - 36
Maria of Brabant, Duchess of Bavarianot measured- - 37
Der von Kürenberg3 decades - 38
Maria of Brabantnot measured- - 39Otto V, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedelnot measured-
- 40
Otto Inot measured- - 41Otto VIII of Wittelsbach0 decades
- 42
Hermann IInot measured- - 43
Rudolf I, Margrave of Baden-Badennot measured- - 44Henry VI, Count Palatine of the Rhinenot measured-
- 45
Conrad I, Burgrave of Nurembergnot measured- - 46
Herman V, Margrave of Baden-Baden19 decades - 47
Frederick III, Burgrave of Nurembergnot measured- - 48
Frederick IV, Count of Zollernnot measured- - 49
Marie of Hohenstaufennot measured- - 50Henry I, Lord of Mecklenburg0 decades
- 51
Theodoric of Freiberg11 decades - 52
Adolf of Osnabrück0 decades - 53
Konrad von Feuchtwangen4 decades - 54
Henry III, Duke of Limburgnot measured- - 55
Dietrich IV, Landgrave of Lusatia4 decades - 56Volkwinnot measured-
- 57
Heinrich von Morungen18 decades - 58
John Inot measured- - 59
Petachiah of Ratisbon0 decades - 60
Reinmar of Hagenau0 decades - 61
Poppo von Osterna5 decades - 62
Herman VII, Margrave of Baden-Baden0 decades - 63Vitslav II, Prince of Rügennot measured-
- 64
Siegfried II of Westerburg13 decades - 65Agnes of Hohenstaufen0 decades
- 66Adolphus I, Count of the Mark0 decades
- 67
Constance of Babenberg0 decades - 68Theodoric of Landsberg16 decades
- 69Frederick Tuta0 decades
- 70Louis III, Duke of Bavarianot measured-
- 71
Dietrich V, Count of Clevesnot measured- - 72Adolf VII of Berg21 decades
- 73Agnes of Meissen0 decades
- 74
Gertrude of Aldenberg0 decades - 75
Heinrich von Hohenlohe13 decades - 76
Werner of Oberwesel0 decades - 77
Anno von Sangershausen2 decades - 78
Peter of Aspelt17 decades - 79
Conrad of Urach4 decades - 80
Siegfried IIInot measured- - 81
Reinmar von Zweter0 decades - 82
Nicholas I of Werle22 decades - 83
Adolf III (VI), Count of Bergnot measured- - 84
Hedwig of Habsburgnot measured- - 85
Dietrich I of Isenbergnot measured- - 86
Sophia of Wittelsbachnot measured- - 87Eberhard I, Count of the Marknot measured-
- 88
Albert of Stade0 decades - 89
Margaret of Holland, Countess of Henneberg0 decades - 90
Henry II of Virneburg0 decades - 91Gerhard von Malberg0 decades
- 92
Henry III, Count of Saynnot measured- - 93Freidank2 decades
- 94
Ulrich von Zatzikhoven0 decades - 95
Engelbert II of Valkenburgnot measured- - 96
Walther von Klingen0 decades - 97
Bruno von Schauenburg0 decades - 98
Wenno0 decades - 99
Dipold, Count of Acerra0 decades - 100
Henry II, Margrave of Istria6 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.