Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1128?

24 of the people we track were surely alive in 1128. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year; a range such as 17–21 means the birth year itself is uncertain.

  1. Omar Khayyam77–82
  2. Averroes2
  3. Hildegard of Bingen27–32
  4. Peter Abelard49
  5. Frederick Barbarossa5–6
  6. Bernard of Clairvaux34–39
  7. Muhammad al-Idrisi15–20
  8. Pope Alexander III25–30
  9. Henry I of England57–62
  10. Pope Gregory VIII18–28
  11. Pope Celestine III21–22
  12. Louis VII of France7–8
  13. Pope Lucius III17–18
  14. Manuel I Komnenos10
  15. Anna Komnene45
  16. Afonso I of Portugal16–21
  17. Geoffrey of Monmouth17–38
  18. Stephen, King of England33
  19. Thomas Becket7–11
  20. Eleanor of Aquitaine3–4
  21. Empress Matilda24–28
  22. Louis VI of France47
  23. Bhāskara II11–16
  24. Abdul Qadir Gilani49–50

Where the people alive in 1128 were born

The 24 best known of those alive in 1128. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (24 of 24 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list