Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1129?

24 of the people we track were surely alive in 1129. 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 Khayyam78–83
  2. Averroes3
  3. Hildegard of Bingen28–33
  4. Peter Abelard50
  5. Frederick Barbarossa6–7
  6. Bernard of Clairvaux35–40
  7. Muhammad al-Idrisi16–21
  8. Pope Alexander III26–31
  9. Henry I of England58–63
  10. Pope Gregory VIII19–29
  11. Pope Celestine III22–23
  12. Louis VII of France8–9
  13. Pope Lucius III18–19
  14. Manuel I Komnenos11
  15. Anna Komnene46
  16. Afonso I of Portugal17–22
  17. Geoffrey of Monmouth18–39
  18. Stephen, King of England34
  19. Thomas Becket8–12
  20. Eleanor of Aquitaine4–5
  21. Empress Matilda25–29
  22. Louis VI of France48
  23. Bhāskara II12–17
  24. Abdul Qadir Gilani50–51

Where the people alive in 1129 were born

The 24 best known of those alive in 1129. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (24 of 24 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list