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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John, King of England1166–1216 · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Historical Figures3 decades - 2
Edward I of England1239–1307 · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Historical Figures10 decades - 3
Henry III of England1207–1272 · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Historical Figures5 decades - 4
Alexander III of Scotland1241–1286 · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Historical Figures0 decades - 5
Llywelyn ap Gruffudd1220–1282 · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Historical Figures2 decades - 6
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Alexander II of Scotland1198–1249 · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Historical Figures0 decades - 7
Llywelyn the Great1173–1240 · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Historical Figures0 decades - 8DADafydd ap Gruffudd1238–1283 · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Historical Figures0 decades
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Dafydd ap Llywelyn1215–1246 · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Historical Figures0 decades - 10Marie de Coucy1218–1285 · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Historical Figures0 decades
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Isabella MacDuff, Countess of Buchan1201–1313 · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Historical Figuresnot measured— - 12
Roger Mortimer de Chirk1256–1326 · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Historical Figuresnot measured— - 13
Alasdair Óg of Islaydied 1299 · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Historical Figuresnot 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.