Who was alive in 1178?

12 of the people we track were surely alive in 1178. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year.

1. Genghis Khan16
2. Saladin39–40
3. Averroes52
4. Zhu Xi48
5. Hildegard of Bingen77–82
6. Richard I of England21
7. Moshe ben Maimon40–43
8. Frederick Barbarossa55–56
9. Shota Rustaveli5–6
10. Innocent III8–18
11. John, King of England12
12. Nizami Ganjavi34–39