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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Valdemar1243–1302 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politiciansnot measured— - 3
Eric X of Sweden1180–1216 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politiciansnot measured— - 4
Eric XI of Sweden1216–1250 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politiciansnot measured— - 5
John I of Sweden1201–1222 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politiciansnot measured— - 6
Birger Brosa1200–1202 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politicians0 decades - 7MMMagnus Minniskiöld1175–1208 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politiciansnot measured—
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Holmger Knutsson1210–1248 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politiciansnot measured— - 9UFUlf Fasedied 1248 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politiciansnot measured—
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Charles the Deafdied 1220 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politiciansnot measured— - 11
Eskil Magnusson1175–1227 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politicians0 decades - 12BSBengt Snivil1200–1200 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politiciansnot measured—
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Birger Persson1250–1327 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politicians0 decades - 14
Knud Porse1250–1330 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politicians0 decades - 15KBKnut Birgersson, Riksjarl of Sweden1200–1208 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politiciansnot 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.