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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. 1Osman IOsman I1258–1326 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politicians0 decades
  2. 2Ibn TaymiyyahIbn Taymiyyah1263–1328 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Writers2 decades
  3. 3NasreddinNasreddin1208–1284 · 🇹🇷 Turkey8 decades
  4. 4ErtuğrulErtuğruldied 1281 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured—
  5. 5Michael VIII PalaiologosMichael VIII Palaiologos1224–1282 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politicians0 decades
  6. 6Yunus EmreYunus Emre1241–1321 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Writers3 decades
  7. 7Andronikos II PalaiologosAndronikos II Palaiologos1259–1332 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Historical Figures0 decades
  8. 8SSSuleyman Shah1167–1227 · 🇹🇷 Turkey0 decades
  9. 9Rabia Bala HatunRabia Bala Hatun1258–1324 · 🇹🇷 Turkeynot measured—
  10. 10Sheikh EdebaliSheikh Edebali1216–1326 · 🇹🇷 Turkey0 decades
  11. 11Saru Batu Savcı BeySaru Batu Savcı Bey1247–1287 · 🇹🇷 Turkeynot measured—
  12. 12Konur AlpKonur Alp1250–1328 · 🇹🇷 Turkeynot measured—
  13. 13SHSelcan Hatun1195–1244 · 🇹🇷 Turkeynot measured—
  14. 14Melike Mama HatunMelike Mama Hatun1200–1300 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured—
  15. 15GBGündüz Bey1245–1299 · 🇹🇷 Turkeynot measured—
  16. 16ABAydoğdu Beydied 1302 · 🇹🇷 Turkeynot 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.