← 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
Osman I0 decades - 2
Ertuğrulnot measured- - 3
Tamar of Georgia0 decades - 4
Charles I of Anjou13 decades - 5
Michael VIII Palaiologos0 decades - 6
Pope Nicholas IV20 decades - 7
James I of Aragon0 decades - 8
Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester0 decades - 9
Eleanor of Provence12 decades - 10
Iltutmish9 decades - 11
Al-Musta'sim0 decades - 12
Isabella II of Jerusalem0 decades - 13
Sancho IV of León and Castile22 decades - 14
Muhammad II of Khwarazmnot measured- - 15
Daniel of Moscow0 decades - 16
Pope Urban IV11 decades - 17
Birger Jarl0 decades - 18
Wen Tianxiang8 decades - 19
Daniel of Galicia0 decades - 20
Edmund Crouchback10 decades - 21
Pope Martin IV22 decades - 22
Kaidu8 decades - 23
Henry II the Pravoslavnot measured- - 24
Sorghaghtani Beki0 decades - 25
Muhammad I of Granada0 decades - 26
Charles Martel of Anjou0 decades - 27
As-Salih Najm al-din Ayyubnot measured- - 28
Hermann von Salza22 decades - 29
François Grimaldi0 decades - 30
Sancho II of Portugal0 decades - 31
Rusudan of Georgianot measured- - 32
Konrad I of Masovianot measured- - 33
Kaykhusraw I0 decades - 34
Blanche of Artois9 decades - 35
Isabel, Countess of Gloucesternot measured- - 36
Przemysł II0 decades - 37
Margaret of England10 decades - 38
Valdemarnot measured- - 39
Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundynot measured- - 40
Al-Muazzam Turanshahnot measured- - 41
Henry IInot measured- - 42
Isabella I, Queen of Armenia2 decades - 43Chinkim0 decades
- 44
Ezzelino III da Romano17 decades - 45
Hōjō Tokimune0 decades - 46
Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provencenot measured- - 47
Guillaume de Nogaret22 decades - 48
Yelü Chucai0 decades - 49
Eric XI of Swedennot measured- - 50
Eric X of Swedennot measured- - 51
Guynot measured- - 52
Bohemond IV of Antioch0 decades - 53
Az-Zahir0 decades - 54
Gebre Mesqel Lalibelanot measured- - 55
Yuri II of Vladimirnot measured- - 56
Albert of Riganot measured- - 57
Konstantin of Rostov16 decades - 58
Margaret II, Countess of Flanders20 decades - 59
Nasir ud din Mahmudnot measured- - 60
Joan, Countess of Flandersnot measured- - 61
Beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon0 decades - 62
Jia Sidao0 decades - 63
Ugolino della Gherardesca0 decades - 64Hayme Hatunnot measured-
- 65
John of Montecorvino0 decades - 66Yolanda of Flandersnot measured-
- 67
Henry V, Count Palatine of the Rhinenot measured- - 68
Ulaghchi0 decades - 69
Alix, duchess of Brittanynot measured- - 70
Henry III, Duke of Brabant1 decades - 71
Al-Mansur Nasir al-Din Muhammadnot measured- - 72
Al-Adil IInot measured- - 73
John I of Hainautnot measured- - 74
Pakpa Lodro Gyeltsennot measured- - 75
Maria of Montpellier13 decades - 76
Leszek I the White0 decades - 77
John I of Swedennot measured- - 78
Stephen Vladislav I of Serbianot measured- - 79
Michael II Komnenos Doukas0 decades - 80Muhammad II of Granada0 decades
- 81Ahmad Fanakatinot measured-
- 82
Matilda of Habsburg0 decades - 83
Yolande of Dreux0 decades - 84
Stefan Radoslav of Serbianot measured- - 85
Joan, Countess of Toulouse14 decades - 86
Beatrice of Swabia0 decades - 87
Henry VI, Count of Luxembourgnot measured- - 88
Yaroslav of Tver0 decades - 89
Władysław III Spindleshanksnot measured- - 90
Lajinnot measured- - 91
Sophie of Thuringia, Duchess of Brabant8 decades - 92
Valdemar the Youngnot measured- - 93
Blanche of Navarre, Countess of Champagnenot measured- - 94al-Hakim Inot measured-
- 95
Pietro della Vigna0 decades - 96
Sakya Pandita1 decades - 97Bohemond V of Antioch0 decades
- 98
Demetrius II of Georgianot measured- - 99
Chaka of Bulgarianot measured- - 100
Kayqubad IInot 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.