Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1152?

27 of the people we track were surely alive in 1152. 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. Saladin13–14
  2. Averroes26
  3. Zhu Xi22
  4. Hildegard of Bingen51–56
  5. Maimonides14–17
  6. Frederick Barbarossa29–30
  7. Bernard of Clairvaux58–63
  8. Nizami Ganjavi8–13
  9. Muhammad al-Idrisi39–44
  10. Pope Alexander III49–54
  11. Henry II of England19
  12. Pope Gregory VIII42–52
  13. Pope Honorius III3–4
  14. Pope Celestine III45–46
  15. Louis VII of France31–32
  16. Chrétien de Troyes11–24
  17. Pope Lucius III41–42
  18. Manuel I Komnenos34
  19. Afonso I of Portugal40–45
  20. Attar of Nishapur7
  21. Geoffrey of Monmouth41–62
  22. Stephen, King of England57
  23. Thomas Becket31–35
  24. Eleanor of Aquitaine27–28
  25. Empress Matilda48–52
  26. Bhāskara II35–40
  27. Abdul Qadir Gilani73–74

Where the people alive in 1152 were born

The 27 best known of those alive in 1152. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (27 of 27 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list