← 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
Marco Polo22 decades - 2
John, King of England3 decades - 3
Edward I of England10 decades - 4
Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperornot measured- - 5
Louis IX of France12 decades - 6
Henry III of England5 decades - 7
Philip II of France0 decades - 8
Jochi5 decades - 9
Louis VIII of France0 decades - 10
Rudolf I of Germanynot measured- - 11
Philip III of France0 decades - 12
Tolui2 decades - 13
Güyük Khan0 decades - 14
Alexander III of Scotland0 decades - 15
Subutai2 decades - 16
Eleanor of Castilenot measured- - 17
Blanche of Castile22 decades - 18
Albert I of Germany0 decades - 19
Margaret, Maid of Norwaynot measured- - 20
John of Scotlandnot measured- - 21
Alexander II of Scotland0 decades - 22
Ottokar II of Bohemia0 decades - 23
Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperornot measured- - 24
Peter III of Aragon21 decades - 25
Andronikos II Palaiologos0 decades
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.