Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1150?

28 of the people we track were surely alive in 1150. 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. Saladin11–12
  2. Averroes24
  3. Zhu Xi20
  4. Hildegard of Bingen49–54
  5. Maimonides12–15
  6. Frederick Barbarossa27–28
  7. Bernard of Clairvaux56–61
  8. Nizami Ganjavi6–11
  9. Muhammad al-Idrisi37–42
  10. Pope Alexander III47–52
  11. Henry II of England17
  12. Pope Gregory VIII40–50
  13. Pope Honorius III1–2
  14. Pope Celestine III43–44
  15. Louis VII of France29–30
  16. Chrétien de Troyes9–22
  17. Pope Lucius III39–40
  18. Manuel I Komnenos32
  19. Anna Komnene67
  20. Afonso I of Portugal38–43
  21. Attar of Nishapur5
  22. Geoffrey of Monmouth39–60
  23. Stephen, King of England55
  24. Thomas Becket29–33
  25. Eleanor of Aquitaine25–26
  26. Empress Matilda46–50
  27. Bhāskara II33–38
  28. Abdul Qadir Gilani71–72

Where the people alive in 1150 were born

The 28 best known of those alive in 1150. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (28 of 28 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list