Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1148?

27 of the people we track were surely alive in 1148. 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. Saladin9–10
  2. Averroes22
  3. Zhu Xi18
  4. Hildegard of Bingen47–52
  5. Maimonides10–13
  6. Frederick Barbarossa25–26
  7. Bernard of Clairvaux54–59
  8. Nizami Ganjavi4–9
  9. Muhammad al-Idrisi35–40
  10. Pope Alexander III45–50
  11. Henry II of England15
  12. Pope Gregory VIII38–48
  13. Pope Celestine III41–42
  14. Louis VII of France27–28
  15. Chrétien de Troyes7–20
  16. Pope Lucius III37–38
  17. Manuel I Komnenos30
  18. Anna Komnene65
  19. Afonso I of Portugal36–41
  20. Attar of Nishapur3
  21. Geoffrey of Monmouth37–58
  22. Stephen, King of England53
  23. Thomas Becket27–31
  24. Eleanor of Aquitaine23–24
  25. Empress Matilda44–48
  26. Bhāskara II31–36
  27. Abdul Qadir Gilani69–70

Where the people alive in 1148 were born

The 27 best known of those alive in 1148. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (27 of 27 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list