Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1146?

27 of the people we track were surely alive in 1146. 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. Saladin7–8
  2. Averroes20
  3. Zhu Xi16
  4. Hildegard of Bingen45–50
  5. Maimonides8–11
  6. Frederick Barbarossa23–24
  7. Bernard of Clairvaux52–57
  8. Nizami Ganjavi2–7
  9. Muhammad al-Idrisi33–38
  10. Pope Alexander III43–48
  11. Henry II of England13
  12. Pope Gregory VIII36–46
  13. Pope Celestine III39–40
  14. Louis VII of France25–26
  15. Chrétien de Troyes5–18
  16. Pope Lucius III35–36
  17. Manuel I Komnenos28
  18. Anna Komnene63
  19. Afonso I of Portugal34–39
  20. Attar of Nishapur1
  21. Geoffrey of Monmouth35–56
  22. Stephen, King of England51
  23. Thomas Becket25–29
  24. Eleanor of Aquitaine21–22
  25. Empress Matilda42–46
  26. Bhāskara II29–34
  27. Abdul Qadir Gilani67–68

Where the people alive in 1146 were born

The 27 best known of those alive in 1146. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (27 of 27 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list