Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1144?

26 of the people we track were surely alive in 1144. 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. Saladin5–6
  2. Averroes18
  3. Zhu Xi14
  4. Hildegard of Bingen43–48
  5. Maimonides6–9
  6. Frederick Barbarossa21–22
  7. Bernard of Clairvaux50–55
  8. Nizami Ganjavi0–5
  9. Muhammad al-Idrisi31–36
  10. Pope Alexander III41–46
  11. Henry II of England11
  12. Pope Gregory VIII34–44
  13. Pope Celestine III37–38
  14. Louis VII of France23–24
  15. Chrétien de Troyes3–16
  16. Pope Lucius III33–34
  17. Manuel I Komnenos26
  18. Anna Komnene61
  19. Afonso I of Portugal32–37
  20. Geoffrey of Monmouth33–54
  21. Stephen, King of England49
  22. Thomas Becket23–27
  23. Eleanor of Aquitaine19–20
  24. Empress Matilda40–44
  25. Bhāskara II27–32
  26. Abdul Qadir Gilani65–66

Where the people alive in 1144 were born

The 26 best known of those alive in 1144. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (26 of 26 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list