Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1151?

28 of the people we track were surely alive in 1151. 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. Saladin12–13
  2. Averroes25
  3. Zhu Xi21
  4. Hildegard of Bingen50–55
  5. Maimonides13–16
  6. Frederick Barbarossa28–29
  7. Bernard of Clairvaux57–62
  8. Nizami Ganjavi7–12
  9. Muhammad al-Idrisi38–43
  10. Pope Alexander III48–53
  11. Henry II of England18
  12. Pope Gregory VIII41–51
  13. Pope Honorius III2–3
  14. Pope Celestine III44–45
  15. Louis VII of France30–31
  16. Chrétien de Troyes10–23
  17. Pope Lucius III40–41
  18. Manuel I Komnenos33
  19. Anna Komnene68
  20. Afonso I of Portugal39–44
  21. Attar of Nishapur6
  22. Geoffrey of Monmouth40–61
  23. Stephen, King of England56
  24. Thomas Becket30–34
  25. Eleanor of Aquitaine26–27
  26. Empress Matilda47–51
  27. Bhāskara II34–39
  28. Abdul Qadir Gilani72–73

Where the people alive in 1151 were born

The 28 best known of those alive in 1151. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (28 of 28 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list