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Who was alive in 1140?

498 well-known people were alive in 1140, including Saladin, Averroes, Zhu Xi. Here are the 80 most notable:

• Saladin (1138–1193) — Sultan of Egypt and founder of the Ayyubid dynasty (1137–1193)
• Averroes (1126–1198) — Arab Andalusian Muslim writer and philosopher (1126–1198)
• Zhu Xi (1130–1200) — Chinese historian, neo-Confucian philosopher, poet, and politician during the Song dynasty (1130–1200)
• Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179) — German Benedictine abbess, polymath, mystic and Doctor of Church (1098–1179)
• Moshe ben Maimon (1138–1204) — Medieval Jewish philosopher from Spain (1135–1204)
• Peter Abelard (1079–1142) — French scholastic philosopher, theologian and preeminent logician (c.1079-1142)
• Frederick Barbarossa (1122–1190) — Holy Roman Emperor from 1155 to 1190
• Bernard of Clairvaux (1091–1153) — Burgundian saint, abbot and theologian (1090-1153)
• Abu Abdullah Muhammad al-Idrisi al-Qurtubi al-Hasani as-Sabti (1110–1165) — andalusian geographer (1100–1165)
• Alexander III (1100–1181) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1159 to 1181
• Henry II of England (1133–1189) — King of England from 1154 to 1189
• Gregory VIII (1100–1187) — Pope of the Roman Catholic Church in 1187
• Celestine III (1106–1198) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1191 to 1198
• Louis VII of France (1120–1180) — King of France from 1137 to 1180 (1120–1180)
• Chrétien de Troyes (1135–1181) — 12th century French poet and trouvère
• Lucius III (1110–1185) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1181 to 1185 (1110–1185)
• Clement III (1124–1191) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1188 to 1191
• Innocent II (1100–1143) — Pope of the Catholic Church (1130–1143)
• Lucius II (1050–1145) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1144 to 1145
• Manuel I Komnenos (1118–1180) — Byzantine Emperor
• Anna Komnene (1083–1153) — Byzantine princess and historian
• Stephen, King of England (1095–1154) — King of England from 1135 to 1154
• Geoffrey of Monmouth (1100–1155) — Historian and Bishop of St Asaph, Wales (c.1095–1155)
• Afonso I of Portugal (1109–1185) — king of Portugal from 1139 to 1185
• Thomas Becket (1119–1171) — English archbishop and martyr, 1119/1120–1170
• Eleanor of Aquitaine (1124–1204) — Queen consort of France; Queen consort of England; suo jure Duchess of Aquitaine; patroness
• Empress Matilda (1102–1167) — Holy Roman Empress (1114–1125); claimant to the English throne
• Shri Bhaskara II (Bhaskaracharya) (1114–1185) — Indian mathematician and astronomer Mathematical genius who discovered early principles of calculus and solved indeterminate equations.
• Abdul Qadir Gilani (1078–1166) — Sunni Muslim preacher, mystic and jurist (1078–1166)
• Marie de France (1101–) — medieval poet
• John II Komnenos (1087–1143) — Byzantine Emperor from 1118 to 1144
• Andronikos I Komnenos (1118–1185) — Byzantine emperor (1118–1185)
• David I of Scotland (1084–1153) — King of Alba from 1124 to 1153
• Conrad III of Germany (1093–1152) — Hohenstaufen dynasty king (r. 1138–1152)
• Roger II of Sicily (1095–1154) — King of Sicily from 1130 to 1154
• Ibn Tufayl (1110–1185) — Arab Muslim polymath (c. 1105–1185)
• Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou (1113–1151) — Duke of Normandy
• Yuri Dolgorukiy (1090–1157) — Grand Prince of Kyiv (1095-1157)
• Henry the Lion (1129–1195) — Welf dynasty, Duke of Saxony, as Henry III, and Duke of Bavaria, as Henry XII (1129-1195)
• Abraham ibn Ezra (1092–1167) — 12th-century Sephardic rabbi and astrologer
• William of Tyre (1130–1186) — medieval prelate and chronicler, archbishop of Tyre
• Alexios V Doukas (1140–1204) — Byzantine emperor
• John Zonaras (1074–1145) — 12th century Byzantine chronicler and theologian
• Judah Halevi (1075–1141) — Spanish-Jewish philosopher, poet and physician (c.1075–1141)
• Imad ad-Din Zengi (1087–1146) — Zengid ruler
• Nur ad-Din (1118–1174) — Emir of Aleppo (1146–1174) and Damascus (1154–1174)
• Ahmad Sanjar (1084–1157) — Seljuk sultan (1097–1157)
• Peter Lombard (1100–1160) — medieval priest and theologian
• Guy of Lusignan (1129–1194) — French Poitevin knight and King of Jerusalem by right of marriage (c.1150–1194) (r. 1186–1192)
• Enrico Dandolo (1107–1205) — Doge of Venice (1107-1205)
• Suryavarman II (1094–1150) — Cambodian king (1094-1150)
• Béla II of Hungary (1108–1141) — Hungarian king (1108-1141)
• Valdemar I of Denmark (1131–1182) — King of Denmark
• Héloïse d’Argenteuil (1101–1164) — 12th-century French nun, philosopher and writer
• Alfonso VII of Castile (1105–1157) — Castilian monarch
• Eric IX of Sweden (1120–1160) — 12th-century Swedish King and Saint
• Benjamin of Tudela (1130–1174) — Jewish explorer and writer
• Li Qingzhao (1084–1155) — Chinese Song Dynasty poet, known as "the most talented woman in all ages"
• Fulk, King of Jerusalem (1092–1143) — Count of Anjou (r. 1109-1129) and the King of Jerusalem (r.1131-1143)
• Albert the Bear (1100–1170) — 1st Margrave of Brandenburg (1157-70)
• Matilda of Boulogne (1105–1152) — Countess of Boulogne and Queen Consort of England (1105-1152)
• Andrey Bogolyubsky (1111–1174) — Russian Grand Prince
• Géza II of Hungary (1130–1162) — King of Hungary and Croatia (1130-1162)
• Abbot Suger (1080–1151) — French abbot-statesmen, historian and the influential first patron of Gothic architecture (1080-1151)
• Baldwin III of Jerusalem (1130–1163) — King of Jerusalem (1130-1163) (r. 1143-1163)
• Léonin (1135–1201) — French 12th-century composer associated with polyphony in Notre Dame
• Khoja Akhmet Yassawi (1100–1166) — Sufi Poet
• Melisende (1105–1161) — Queen of Jerusalem (1105-1161)
• Amalric I of Jerusalem (1136–1174) — King of Jerusalem (1136-1174) (r.1163-1174)
• Bernard de Ventadour (1140–1190) — 12th-century troubador
• Adèle of Champagne (1140–1206) — Queen of the Franks from 1160 to 1180
• William of Malmesbury (1095–1143) — English monk and chronicler (c.1095 – c.1143)
• Stefan Nemanja (1114–1199) — Grand Prince of Serbia, founder of the Nemanjić dynasty
• Sancho III of Castile (1134–1158) — King of Castile
• Ramiro II of Aragon (1080–1157) — King of Aragon and monk
• Hugh of Saint Victor (1096–1141) — German-French canon regular and theologian
• Otto of Freising (1111–1158) — Austrian medieval chronicler
• Raynald of Châtillon (1120–1187) — French crusader
• William I of Sicily (1120–1166) — 12th-century king of Sicily
• Sweyn III of Denmark (1125–1157) — King of Denmark

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