Who Was Alive

Famous people born in the 12th century

15 people we track were born in the 12th century. The best known are on the timeline.

  1. Abu Abdullah Muhammad al-Idrisi al-Qurtubi al-Hasani as-Sabti
  2. Frederick Barbarossa
  3. Averroes
  4. Zhu Xi
  5. Moshe ben Maimon
  6. Saladin
  7. Nizami Ganjavi
  8. Richard I of England
  9. Innocent III
  10. Genghis Khan
  11. John, King of England
  12. Shota Rustaveli
  13. Francis of Assisi
  14. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
  15. Albertus Magnus
Drag across the timeline to see who was alive in any year and the age each person reached that year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.
  1. Genghis Khan 1162 – 1227
  2. Saladin 1138 – 1193
  3. Francis of Assisi c. 1182 – 1226
  4. Averroes 1126 – 1198
  5. Zhu Xi 1130 – 1200
  6. Richard I of England 1157 – 1199
  7. Moshe ben Maimon 1135–1138 – 1204
  8. Frederick Barbarossa 1122 – 1190
  9. Shota Rustaveli 1172 – 1216
  10. Innocent III 1160s – 1216
  11. Albertus Magnus c. 1200 – 1280
  12. John, King of England 1166 – 1216
  13. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor 1194 – 1250
  14. Nizami Ganjavi c. 1141 – 1200–1216
  15. Abu Abdullah Muhammad al-Idrisi al-Qurtubi al-Hasani as-Sabti c. 1110 – 1164–1168