← 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 - 26
Wolfram von Eschenbach18 decades - 27
Isabella I of Jerusalem0 decades - 28
Andrew II of Hungary0 decades - 29
Berengaria of Navarre1 decades - 30
Isabella of Angoulême0 decades - 31
Beatrice Portinari22 decades - 32
Béla IV of Hungary0 decades - 33
Conrad IV of Germany22 decades - 34
Denis I of Portugalnot measured- - 35
Baldwin I, Latin Emperornot measured- - 36
Afonso III of Portugal0 decades - 37
Alexios IV Angelos0 decades - 38
Alfonso IX of León0 decades - 39Sunjata Keïtanot measured-
- 40
John III Doukas Vatatzes0 decades - 41
William of Rubruck5 decades - 42
Charles II of Naples0 decades - 43
Llywelyn ap Gruffudd2 decades - 44
Valdemar II of Denmark0 decades - 45
Kayqubad I0 decades - 46
Töregene Khatun0 decades - 47
Maria of Montferrat0 decades - 48
Abaqa Khan0 decades - 49
Ladislaus IV of Hungary0 decades - 50
Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq0 decades - 51
Ottokar I of Bohemia0 decades - 52
Wenceslaus I of Bohemia0 decades - 53
Afonso II of Portugal0 decades - 54
Baldwin II, Latin Emperornot measured- - 55
Kaloyan of Bulgaria0 decades - 56
William II of Holland0 decades - 57
Hedwig of Silesia0 decades - 58
Stephen V of Hungary0 decades - 59
Peter II of Aragon0 decades - 60
Manco Cápac0 decades - 61
Arghunnot measured- - 62
Rudrama Devi0 decades - 63
Eric II of Norway0 decades - 64
Rani Padmavati0 decades - 65
Władysław I the Elbow-highnot measured- - 66
Llywelyn the Great0 decades - 67
Theodore II Laskaris0 decades - 68
Arthur I16 decades - 69Yaqut al-Hamawi0 decades
- 70
Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria0 decades - 71
Otto V or III, Duke of Bavarianot measured- - 72
Robert I, Count of Artois0 decades - 73
Eric IV of Denmarknot measured- - 74
Ladislaus III of Hungarynot measured- - 75
Hugh III of Cyprus0 decades - 76
Kinga of Polandnot measured- - 77
Alexios I of Trebizondnot measured- - 78
Eric V of Denmarknot measured- - 79
Emeric, King of Hungarynot measured- - 80
Emperor Bing of Songnot measured- - 81
Ram Khamhaeng1 decades - 82
Christopher I of Denmarknot measured- - 83
Qalawun3 decades - 84
Yaroslav II of Vladimirnot measured- - 85
Frederick II, Duke of Austrianot measured- - 86
Louis II, Duke of Bavaria16 decades - 87Haakon III of Norwaynot measured-
- 88
Henry Raspe, Landgrave of Thuringia0 decades - 89
Gaykhatu0 decades - 90
Alphonse, Count of Poitiers19 decades - 91
Emperor Go-Fukakusa0 decades - 92
Tsuchimikadonot measured- - 93
Margaret, Countess of Anjounot measured- - 94
Agnes of Meranianot measured- - 95
Rabban Bar Sauma0 decades - 96
Emperor Kameyama0 decades - 97
Emperor Go-Saga0 decades - 98Margaret of Scotlandnot measured-
- 99
Tekuder0 decades - 100
Eleanor of England, Countess of Bar0 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.