Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1156?

25 of the people we track were surely alive in 1156. 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. Saladin17–18
  2. Averroes30
  3. Zhu Xi26
  4. Hildegard of Bingen55–60
  5. Maimonides18–21
  6. Frederick Barbarossa33–34
  7. Nizami Ganjavi12–17
  8. Muhammad al-Idrisi43–48
  9. Pope Alexander III53–58
  10. Henry II of England23
  11. Pope Gregory VIII46–56
  12. Pope Honorius III7–8
  13. Pope Celestine III49–50
  14. Louis VII of France35–36
  15. Chrétien de Troyes15–28
  16. Pope Lucius III45–46
  17. Manuel I Komnenos38
  18. Afonso I of Portugal44–49
  19. Attar of Nishapur11
  20. Thomas Becket35–39
  21. Eleanor of Aquitaine31–32
  22. Empress Matilda52–56
  23. Bhāskara II39–44
  24. Saxo Grammaticus3–8
  25. Abdul Qadir Gilani77–78

Where the people alive in 1156 were born

The 25 best known of those alive in 1156. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (25 of 25 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list