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.
#PersonIn print, 1800–2019Echoed
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Birger Jarl1210–1266 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politicians0 decades - 2
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Magnus III of Sweden1240–1290 · 🇸🇪 Swedennot measured— - 3
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Valdemar1243–1302 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politiciansnot measured— - 4
Eric X of Sweden1180–1216 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politiciansnot measured— - 5BOBoetius of Dacia1240–1284 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Academics0 decades
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Eric XI of Sweden1216–1250 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politiciansnot measured— - 7
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Richeza of Denmark1182–1220 · 🇸🇪 Swedennot measured— - 8
John I of Sweden1201–1222 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politiciansnot measured— - 9
Canute II of Sweden1200–1234 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Historical Figuresnot measured— - 10
Hedwig of Holstein1260–1324 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Historical Figures0 decades
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Birger Brosa1200–1202 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politicians0 decades - 12
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Ingeborg Eriksdotter of Sweden1212–1254 · 🇸🇪 Swedennot measured— - 13
Sophia of Denmark1241–1286 · 🇸🇪 Sweden0 decades - 14SISaint Ingrid of Skänninge1201–1282 · 🇸🇪 Swedennot measured—
- 15MMMagnus Minniskiöld1175–1208 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politiciansnot measured—
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Catherine of Ymseborg1215–1252 · 🇸🇪 Swedennot measured— - 17
Holmger Knutsson1210–1248 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politiciansnot measured— - 18
Ingrid Ylva1180–1252 · 🇸🇪 Swedennot measured— - 19UFUlf Fasedied 1248 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politiciansnot measured—
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Charles the Deafdied 1220 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politiciansnot measured— - 21
Eskil Magnusson1175–1227 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politicians0 decades - 22
Princess Helena Sverkersdotter of Sweden1190–1247 · 🇸🇪 Swedennot measured— - 23
Petrus de Dacia1235–1289 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Writers0 decades - 24
Benedict, Duke of Finland1254–1291 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Religious Figuresnot measured— - 25BSBengt Snivil1200–1200 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politiciansnot measured—
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Birger Persson1250–1327 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politicians0 decades - 27
Knud Porse1250–1330 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politicians0 decades - 28HPHelena Pedersdatter Strange1200–1255 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Historical Figuresnot measured—
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Ingeborg of Sweden1263–1292 · 🇸🇪 Sweden0 decades - 30KMKarl Magnussondied 1220 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Religious Figures0 decades
- 31KBKnut Birgersson, Riksjarl of Sweden1200–1208 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politiciansnot measured—
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Gregers Birgerssondied 1276 · 🇸🇪 Swedennot measured— - 33ISIngrid Svantepolksdotterborn 1250 · 🇸🇪 Swedennot measured—
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Jarler1200–1255 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Religious Figures0 decades - 35MEMartha Eriksdotterborn 1250 · 🇸🇪 Swedennot measured—
- 36MVMargareta Valdemarsdotter av Sverigeborn 1250 · 🇸🇪 Swedennot 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.