Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1153?

28 of the people we track were surely alive in 1153. 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.

Died in 1153: Bernard of Clairvaux.

  1. Saladin14–15
  2. Averroes27
  3. Zhu Xi23
  4. Hildegard of Bingen52–57
  5. Maimonides15–18
  6. Frederick Barbarossa30–31
  7. Bernard of Clairvaux†
  8. Nizami Ganjavi9–14
  9. Muhammad al-Idrisi40–45
  10. Pope Alexander III50–55
  11. Henry II of England20
  12. Pope Gregory VIII43–53
  13. Pope Honorius III4–5
  14. Pope Celestine III46–47
  15. Louis VII of France32–33
  16. Chrétien de Troyes12–25
  17. Pope Lucius III42–43
  18. Manuel I Komnenos35
  19. Afonso I of Portugal41–46
  20. Attar of Nishapur8
  21. Geoffrey of Monmouth42–63
  22. Stephen, King of England58
  23. Thomas Becket32–36
  24. Eleanor of Aquitaine28–29
  25. Empress Matilda49–53
  26. Bhāskara II36–41
  27. Saxo Grammaticus0–5
  28. Abdul Qadir Gilani74–75

Where the people alive in 1153 were born

The 28 best known of those alive in 1153. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (28 of 28 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list