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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. 1NichirenNichiren1222–1282 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers15 decades
  2. 2Go-TobaGo-Toba1180–1239 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers2 decades
  3. 3JuntokuJuntoku1197–1242 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  4. 4Minamoto no SanetomoMinamoto no Sanetomo1192–1219 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  5. 5Munetaka-shinnōMunetaka-shinnō1242–1274 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured—
  6. 6GNGo-Fukakusa-in no Nijō1258–1306 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured—
  7. 7Kujō YoshitsuneKujō Yoshitsune1169–1206 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured—
  8. 8Abutsu-niAbutsu-ni1209–1283 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  9. 9Saionji KintsuneSaionji Kintsune1171–1244 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  10. 10Asukai MasatsuneAsukai Masatsune1170–1221 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  11. 11Fujiwara no TameieFujiwara no Tameie1198–1275 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  12. 12Shunzei's DaughterShunzei's Daughter1171–1254 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  13. 13Saionji SaneujiSaionji Saneuji1194–1269 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  14. 14Kōkamon-in no BettōKōkamon-in no Bettōborn 1200 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured—
  15. 15MujūMujū1227–1312 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  16. 16KMKoga Michiteru1187–1248 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured—
  17. 17MMasanari-shinnō1200–1255 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured—
  18. 18HNHachijō-in no Takakura1176–1300 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured—
  19. 19HNHōjō Nobutoki1238–1323 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured—
  20. 20FNFujiwara no Tamekane1254–1332 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured—
  21. 21Go-Saga-in chūnagon no tenjiGo-Saga-in chūnagon no tenji1201–1299 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured—
  22. 22DDōjo-nyūdōshinnō1196–1249 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured—
  23. 23NTNijō Tameuji1222–1286 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured—
  24. 24GNGofukakusa-in no shōshō no naishidied 1265 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured—
  25. 25KMKujō Motoie1203–1280 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured—
  26. 26SNSōhekimon-in no Shōshō1250–1299 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured—
  27. 27Minamoto no MichitomoMinamoto no Michitomo1171–1227 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writers0 decades
  28. 28TNTsuchimikado-in no kozaishōborn 1250 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured—
  29. 29Shikikenmon-in no mikushigeShikikenmon-in no mikushigeborn 1250 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured—
  30. 30Gishūmon-in no TangoGishūmon-in no Tango1200–1300 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured—
  31. 31I(Itsutsuji (Fujiwara) Tsuneko1250–1324 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured—
  32. 32GNGo-Toba-in no Shimotsuke1200–1300 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Writersnot measured—

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.