Who was alive in 1179?

12 of the people we track were surely alive in 1179. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year.

1. Genghis Khan17
2. Saladin40–41
3. Averroes53
4. Zhu Xi49
5. Hildegard of Bingen†
6. Richard I of England22
7. Moshe ben Maimon41–44
8. Frederick Barbarossa56–57
9. Shota Rustaveli6–7
10. Innocent III9–19
11. John, King of England13
12. Nizami Ganjavi35–40