← 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
Alexander Nevsky17 decades - 2
Ferdinand III of Castile22 decades - 3
Razia Sultana0 decades - 4
Baibarsnot measured- - 5
Shajar al-Durr0 decades - 6
Berengaria of Castilenot measured- - 7
Al-Kamil0 decades - 8
Theodore I Laskaris0 decades - 9
Henry I of Castile6 decades - 10
Stefan Milutin0 decades - 11
John IV Laskaris0 decades - 12
Aybak2 decades - 13Al-Mustansir II of Caironot measured-
- 14
Violant of Hungary0 decades - 15
Henry I of Navarre0 decades - 16
Stefan the First-Crowned0 decades - 17
Ivaylo of Bulgarianot measured- - 18
Al-Ashraf Khalil0 decades - 19
Albert IInot measured- - 20
Louis I, Duke of Bavarianot measured- - 21
Stephen Uroš I of Serbianot measured- - 22
Muhammad al-Nasir0 decades - 23
Emperor Lizong of Songnot measured- - 24
Robert I, Latin Emperor19 decades - 25Al-Afdal ibn Salah ad-Dinnot measured-
- 26
Emperor Duzong of Songnot measured- - 27Bohemond VI of Antioch0 decades
- 28
Al-Mansur Alinot measured- - 29
Otto II Wittelsbachnot measured- - 30
Theobald II of Navarre0 decades - 31Henry I, Landgrave of Hessenot measured-
- 32
Solamishnot measured- - 33
Frederick I, Margrave of Badennot measured- - 34Chungnyeol0 decades
- 35
Al-Adil Kitbughanot measured- - 36
Mstislav Mstislavich0 decades - 37
John I, Margrave of Brandenburgnot measured- - 38Otto III, Margrave of Brandenburgnot measured-
- 39
John I of Trebizondnot measured- - 40Gojong of Goryeonot measured-
- 41Nicholas Kanabosnot measured-
- 42An-Nasir Yusufnot measured-
- 43
Demetrius of Montferrat0 decades - 44
Al-Mu'azzam Isanot measured- - 45
Nikephoros I Komnenos Doukasnot measured- - 46
Abu Yusuf Yaqub ibn Abd Al-Haqqnot measured- - 47
Herman VI, Margrave of Baden0 decades - 48Al-Aziz Muhammadnot measured-
- 49
Kertanegara of Singhasarinot measured- - 50
Dietrich IV, Landgrave of Lusatia4 decades - 51Jalal al-Din Hassan IIInot measured-
- 52
Abu Yaqub Yusuf an-Nasrnot measured- - 53
Al-Said Barakahnot measured- - 54
Thomas I, Marquess of Saluzzonot measured- - 55An-Nasir Dawudnot measured-
- 56Al-Ashraf Musa0 decades
- 57
Conrad, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendalnot measured- - 58
Az-Zahir Ghazinot measured- - 59Muzaffar al-Din Uzbeknot measured-
- 60Albert III, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedelnot measured-
- 61Theodoric of Landsberg16 decades
- 62
Abish Khatun0 decades - 63Henry I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendalnot measured-
- 64
John II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendalnot measured- - 65
Abu Yahya ibn Abd al-Haqqnot measured- - 66
Otto VI, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedelnot measured- - 67As-Salih Ismailnot measured-
- 68Al-Kamil Muhammadnot measured-
- 69Nicholas I, Duke of Troppaunot measured-
- 70Valdemar III, Duke of Schleswig0 decades
- 71
Ivane Mkhargrdzelinot measured- - 72
Waleran II of Luxembourg, Lord of Lignynot measured- - 73Muhammad ibn Abd Al-Haqqnot measured-
- 74
Manfred IV, Marquess of Saluzzonot measured- - 75
John III, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedelnot measured- - 76Hesso, Margrave of Baden-Badennot measured-
- 77Rudolf III, Margrave of Baden-Badennot measured-
- 78
Al-Mujahid Shirkuhnot measured- - 79
Adolph V, Count of Holstein-Segeberg0 decades - 80Al-Mansur Muhammad IInot measured-
- 81Abu Sa'id Uthman I, Marinidnot measured-
- 82Al-Mas'ud Yusufnot measured-
- 83
Aonghus Mórnot measured- - 84Herman VIII, Margrave of Baden-Pforzheim0 decades
- 85
Al-Ashraf Musanot measured- - 86
Al-Mansur Umarnot measured- - 87Bahramshah0 decades
- 88Otto IIInot measured-
- 89
Johan IV van Brandenburgnot measured- - 90Mstislav Mikhailovichnot 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.