← 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
Francis of Assisi22 decades - 2
Thomas Aquinas22 decades - 3
Marco Polo22 decades - 4
Fibonacci22 decades - 5
Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperornot measured- - 6
Pope Boniface VIII21 decades - 7
Pope Celestine V0 decades - 8
Clare of Assisi22 decades - 9
Bonaventure11 decades - 10
Pope Gregory IX22 decades - 11
Pope Gregory X0 decades - 12
Pope Nicholas IV20 decades - 13
Pope Innocent IV22 decades - 14
Pope Nicholas III3 decades - 15
Pope Alexander IV13 decades - 16
Duccio18 decades - 17
Pope Adrian V0 decades - 18
Manfred, King of Sicilynot measured- - 19
Charles II of Naples0 decades - 20
Pope Benedict XI0 decades - 21
Francesca da Rimini22 decades - 22
Pope Celestine IV0 decades - 23
Giovanni Pisano22 decades - 24
Pope Honorius IV0 decades - 25
Arnolfo di Cambio8 decades - 26
Pietro Cavallini22 decades - 27
Nicholas Vnot measured- - 28
Nicola Pisano8 decades - 29
Fra Dolcino2 decades - 30
Thomas of Celano15 decades - 31
Ugolino della Gherardesca0 decades - 32
Jacobus da Varagine0 decades - 33
Sordello de Mantouenot measured- - 34
Elias of Cortona0 decades - 35
Diotisalvi1 decades - 36Ugolino Brunforte0 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.