Claim profile
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. 1Margaret, Maid of NorwayMargaret, Maid of Norway1283–1290 · 🇳🇴 Norway · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  2. 2Haakon IV of NorwayHaakon IV of Norway1204–1263 · 🇳🇴 Norway0 decades
  3. 3Eric II of NorwayEric II of Norway1268–1299 · 🇳🇴 Norway · Historical Figures0 decades
  4. 4Magnus VI of NorwayMagnus VI of Norway1238–1280 · 🇳🇴 Norway · Historical Figures0 decades
  5. 5HIHaakon III of Norway1182–1204 · 🇳🇴 Norway · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  6. 6Inge II of NorwayInge II of Norway1185–1217 · 🇳🇴 Norway · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  7. 7GOGuttorm of Norway1199–1204 · 🇳🇴 Norway · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  8. 8Haakon the YoungHaakon the Young1232–1257 · 🇳🇴 Norwaynot measured—
  9. 9Ingeborg of Denmark, Queen of NorwayIngeborg of Denmark, Queen of Norway1244–1287 · 🇳🇴 Norway0 decades
  10. 10Skule BårdssonSkule Bårdsson1189–1240 · 🇳🇴 Norway · Historical Figures0 decades
  11. 11Christina of Norway, Infanta of CastileChristina of Norway, Infanta of Castile1234–1262 · 🇳🇴 Norway0 decades
  12. 12COChristina of Norway1190–1213 · 🇳🇴 Norway0 decades
  13. 13PSPhilip Simonsson1185–1217 · 🇳🇴 Norway · Historical Figuresnot measured—
  14. 14Inga of VarteigInga of Varteig1185–1234 · 🇳🇴 Norway0 decades
  15. 15Inge MagnussonInge Magnusson1185–1202 · 🇳🇴 Norway · Politiciansnot measured—
  16. 16HTHaakon the Crazy1173–1214 · 🇳🇴 Norway · Politiciansnot measured—
  17. 17FMFalse Margaret1260–1301 · 🇳🇴 Norway0 decades
  18. 18SLSigurd Lavard1200–1201 · 🇳🇴 Norway0 decades
  19. 19TTTheodoric the Monkborn 1200 · 🇳🇴 Norway · Writersnot measured—
  20. 20Audun HugleikssonAudun Hugleiksson1245–1302 · 🇳🇴 Norway · Politicians0 decades
  21. 21SRSigurd Ribbung1204–1226 · 🇳🇴 Norway0 decades
  22. 22KHKnut Haakonsson1208–1261 · 🇳🇴 Norwaynot measured—
  23. 23RTRagnhild Tregagåsdied 1301 · 🇳🇴 Norwaynot measured—
  24. 24EIEirik Ivarsson1200–1213 · 🇳🇴 Norway · Religious Figures0 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.