Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1158?

26 of the people we track were surely alive in 1158. 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. Saladin19–20
  2. Averroes32
  3. Zhu Xi28
  4. Hildegard of Bingen57–62
  5. Richard I of England1
  6. Maimonides20–23
  7. Frederick Barbarossa35–36
  8. Nizami Ganjavi14–19
  9. Muhammad al-Idrisi45–50
  10. Pope Alexander III55–60
  11. Henry II of England25
  12. Pope Gregory VIII48–58
  13. Pope Honorius III9–10
  14. Pope Celestine III51–52
  15. Louis VII of France37–38
  16. Chrétien de Troyes17–30
  17. Pope Lucius III47–48
  18. Manuel I Komnenos40
  19. Afonso I of Portugal46–51
  20. Attar of Nishapur13
  21. Thomas Becket37–41
  22. Eleanor of Aquitaine33–34
  23. Empress Matilda54–58
  24. Bhāskara II41–46
  25. Saxo Grammaticus5–10
  26. Abdul Qadir Gilani79–80

Where the people alive in 1158 were born

The 26 best known of those alive in 1158. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (26 of 26 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list