← 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
John, King of England3 decades - 2
Edward I of England10 decades - 3
Henry III of England5 decades - 4
Roger Bacon22 decades - 5
Alexander III of Scotland0 decades - 6
Alexander II of Scotland0 decades - 7
Richard of Cornwall18 decades - 8
Llywelyn ap Gruffudd2 decades - 9
Robert Grosseteste19 decades - 10
Llywelyn the Great0 decades - 11Andrew Moray10 decades
- 12Dafydd ap Gruffudd0 decades
- 13
Dafydd ap Llywelyn0 decades - 14Robert de Brus, 5th Lord of Annandalenot measured-
- 15
James of Saint George0 decades - 16
Dervorguilla of Galloway0 decades - 17
Henry of England16 decades - 18Marie de Coucy0 decades
- 19
Isabella MacDuff, Countess of Buchannot measured- - 20James Stewart, 5th High Steward of Scotlandnot measured-
- 21Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Mortimernot measured-
- 22
Eva Marshal0 decades - 23Robert Winchelsey1 decades
- 24
Roger Mortimer de Chirknot measured- - 25
John Comyn, Earl of Buchan0 decades - 26Aveline de Forz0 decades
- 27Joseph of Exeter5 decades
- 28W. de Wycombenot measured-
- 29
Stephen de Segrave5 decades - 30Gilbertus Anglicus0 decades
- 31
Alasdair Óg of Islaynot measured- - 32Hugh of Evesham0 decades
- 33William of Ware0 decades
- 34
Tegwared y Bais Wennot measured- - 35
William of Kilkennynot measured- - 36Mary II, Countess of Menteithnot measured-
- 37Philip d Aubignynot measured-
- 38Gwladus ferch Senananot 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.