Who was alive in 1187?

12 of the people we track were surely alive in 1187. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year.

1. Genghis Khan25
2. Saladin48–49
3. Francis of Assisi3–7
4. Averroes61
5. Zhu Xi57
6. Richard I of England30
7. Moshe ben Maimon49–52
8. Frederick Barbarossa64–65
9. Shota Rustaveli14–15
10. Innocent III17–27
11. John, King of England21
12. Nizami Ganjavi43–48