Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1155?

25 of the people we track were surely alive in 1155. 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. Saladin16–17
  2. Averroes29
  3. Zhu Xi25
  4. Hildegard of Bingen54–59
  5. Maimonides17–20
  6. Frederick Barbarossa32–33
  7. Nizami Ganjavi11–16
  8. Muhammad al-Idrisi42–47
  9. Pope Alexander III52–57
  10. Henry II of England22
  11. Pope Gregory VIII45–55
  12. Pope Honorius III6–7
  13. Pope Celestine III48–49
  14. Louis VII of France34–35
  15. Chrétien de Troyes14–27
  16. Pope Lucius III44–45
  17. Manuel I Komnenos37
  18. Afonso I of Portugal43–48
  19. Attar of Nishapur10
  20. Thomas Becket34–38
  21. Eleanor of Aquitaine30–31
  22. Empress Matilda51–55
  23. Bhāskara II38–43
  24. Saxo Grammaticus2–7
  25. Abdul Qadir Gilani76–77

Where the people alive in 1155 were born

The 25 best known of those alive in 1155. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (25 of 25 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list