Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1147?

27 of the people we track were surely alive in 1147. 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. Saladin8–9
  2. Averroes21
  3. Zhu Xi17
  4. Hildegard of Bingen46–51
  5. Maimonides9–12
  6. Frederick Barbarossa24–25
  7. Bernard of Clairvaux53–58
  8. Nizami Ganjavi3–8
  9. Muhammad al-Idrisi34–39
  10. Pope Alexander III44–49
  11. Henry II of England14
  12. Pope Gregory VIII37–47
  13. Pope Celestine III40–41
  14. Louis VII of France26–27
  15. Chrétien de Troyes6–19
  16. Pope Lucius III36–37
  17. Manuel I Komnenos29
  18. Anna Komnene64
  19. Afonso I of Portugal35–40
  20. Attar of Nishapur2
  21. Geoffrey of Monmouth36–57
  22. Stephen, King of England52
  23. Thomas Becket26–30
  24. Eleanor of Aquitaine22–23
  25. Empress Matilda43–47
  26. Bhāskara II30–35
  27. Abdul Qadir Gilani68–69

Where the people alive in 1147 were born

The 27 best known of those alive in 1147. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (27 of 27 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list