Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1149?

28 of the people we track were surely alive in 1149. 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. Saladin10–11
  2. Averroes23
  3. Zhu Xi19
  4. Hildegard of Bingen48–53
  5. Maimonides11–14
  6. Frederick Barbarossa26–27
  7. Bernard of Clairvaux55–60
  8. Nizami Ganjavi5–10
  9. Muhammad al-Idrisi36–41
  10. Pope Alexander III46–51
  11. Henry II of England16
  12. Pope Gregory VIII39–49
  13. Pope Honorius III0–1
  14. Pope Celestine III42–43
  15. Louis VII of France28–29
  16. Chrétien de Troyes8–21
  17. Pope Lucius III38–39
  18. Manuel I Komnenos31
  19. Anna Komnene66
  20. Afonso I of Portugal37–42
  21. Attar of Nishapur4
  22. Geoffrey of Monmouth38–59
  23. Stephen, King of England54
  24. Thomas Becket28–32
  25. Eleanor of Aquitaine24–25
  26. Empress Matilda45–49
  27. Bhāskara II32–37
  28. Abdul Qadir Gilani70–71

Where the people alive in 1149 were born

The 28 best known of those alive in 1149. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (28 of 28 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list