Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1161?

26 of the people we track were surely alive in 1161. 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. Saladin22–23
  2. Averroes35
  3. Zhu Xi31
  4. Hildegard of Bingen60–65
  5. Richard I of England4
  6. Maimonides23–26
  7. Frederick Barbarossa38–39
  8. Nizami Ganjavi17–22
  9. Muhammad al-Idrisi48–53
  10. Pope Alexander III58–63
  11. Henry II of England28
  12. Pope Gregory VIII51–61
  13. Pope Honorius III12–13
  14. Pope Celestine III54–55
  15. Louis VII of France40–41
  16. Chrétien de Troyes20–33
  17. Pope Lucius III50–51
  18. Manuel I Komnenos43
  19. Afonso I of Portugal49–54
  20. Attar of Nishapur16
  21. Thomas Becket40–44
  22. Eleanor of Aquitaine36–37
  23. Empress Matilda57–61
  24. Bhāskara II44–49
  25. Saxo Grammaticus8–13
  26. Abdul Qadir Gilani82–83

Where the people alive in 1161 were born

The 26 best known of those alive in 1161. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (26 of 26 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list