← 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
Birger Jarl0 decades - 2
Magnus III of Swedennot measured- - 3
Valdemarnot measured- - 4
Eric XI of Swedennot measured- - 5
Eric X of Swedennot measured- - 6
John I of Swedennot measured- - 7
Canute II of Swedennot measured- - 8
Richeza of Denmarknot measured- - 9
Ingeborg Eriksdotter of Swedennot measured- - 10Boetius of Dacia0 decades
- 11
Birger Brosa0 decades - 12
Sophia of Denmark0 decades - 13
Hedwig of Holstein0 decades
- 14Saint Ingrid of Skänningenot measured-
- 15Magnus Minniskiöldnot measured-
- 16
Ingrid Ylvanot measured- - 17Ulf Fasenot measured-
- 18
Eskil Magnusson0 decades - 19
Charles the Deafnot measured- - 20
Benedict, Duke of Finlandnot measured- - 21Princess Helena Sverkersdotter of Swedennot measured-
- 22Bengt Snivilnot measured-
- 23
Petrus de Dacia0 decades - 24Ingeborg of Sweden0 decades
- 25
Catherine of Ymseborgnot measured- - 26
Holmger Knutssonnot measured- - 27Helena Pedersdatter Strangenot measured-
- 28
Birger Persson0 decades - 29Karl Magnusson0 decades
- 30
Knud Porse0 decades - 31
Gregers Birgerssonnot measured- - 32Ingrid Svantepolksdotternot measured-
- 33Knut Birgersson, Riksjarl of Swedennot measured-
- 34
Jarler0 decades - 35Martha Eriksdotternot measured-
- 36Sune Folkessonnot measured-
- 37Margareta Valdemarsdotter av Sverigenot measured-
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.