Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1143?

25 of the people we track were surely alive in 1143. 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. Saladin4–5
  2. Averroes17
  3. Zhu Xi13
  4. Hildegard of Bingen42–47
  5. Maimonides5–8
  6. Frederick Barbarossa20–21
  7. Bernard of Clairvaux49–54
  8. Muhammad al-Idrisi30–35
  9. Pope Alexander III40–45
  10. Henry II of England10
  11. Pope Gregory VIII33–43
  12. Pope Celestine III36–37
  13. Louis VII of France22–23
  14. Chrétien de Troyes2–15
  15. Pope Lucius III32–33
  16. Manuel I Komnenos25
  17. Anna Komnene60
  18. Afonso I of Portugal31–36
  19. Geoffrey of Monmouth32–53
  20. Stephen, King of England48
  21. Thomas Becket22–26
  22. Eleanor of Aquitaine18–19
  23. Empress Matilda39–43
  24. Bhāskara II26–31
  25. Abdul Qadir Gilani64–65

Where the people alive in 1143 were born

The 25 best known of those alive in 1143. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (25 of 25 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list