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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. 1Anthony of Padua1195-1231 · Portugal · Religious Figures22 decades
  2. 2Pope Boniface VIII1235-1303 · Italy · Religious Figures21 decades
  3. 3Pope Celestine V1215-1296 · Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  4. 4Saint Dominic1170-1221 · Spain · Religious Figures17 decades
  5. 5Pope Gregory IX1170-1241 · Italy · Religious Figures22 decades
  6. 6Pope Clement V1264-1314 · France · Religious Figures22 decades
  7. 7Pope John XXII1244-1334 · France · Religious Figures22 decades
  8. 8Pope Gregory X1210-1276 · Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  9. 9Pope Innocent IVdied 1254 · Italy · Religious Figures22 decades
  10. 10Pope Nicholas III1215-1280 · Italy · Religious Figures3 decades
  11. 11Pope Alexander IV1200-1261 · Italy · Religious Figures13 decades
  12. 12Pope John XXI1215-1277 · Portugal · Religious Figures0 decades
  13. 13Philip of Swabia1177-1208 · Germany · Religious Figures22 decades
  14. 14Pope Clement IV1190-1268 · France · Religious Figures22 decades
  15. 15Pope Adrian V1205-1276 · Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  16. 16Pope Innocent V1220-1276 · France · Religious Figures22 decades
  17. 17Pope Benedict XI1240-1304 · Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  18. 18Robert Grosseteste1168-1253 · United Kingdom · Religious Figures19 decades
  19. 19Giovanni da Pian del Carpine1182-1252 · Religious Figures0 decades
  20. 20Pope Celestine IVdied 1241 · Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  21. 21Bernard Gui1261-1331 · France · Religious Figures5 decades
  22. 22Pope Honorius IV1210-1287 · Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  23. 23Nicholas V1260-1333 · Italy · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  24. 24Raymond Nonnatus1204-1240 · Religious Figures0 decades
  25. 25Engelbert II of Berg1185-1225 · Germany · Religious Figures0 decades
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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.