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Who was alive in 1160?

544 well-known people were alive in 1160, 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)
• Richard I of England (1157–1199) — King of England from 1189 to 1199 (1157–1199)
• 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)
• Frederick Barbarossa (1122–1190) — Holy Roman Emperor from 1155 to 1190
• Innocent III (1160–1216) — Head of the Catholic Church from 1198 to 1216
• Nizami Ganjavi (1141–1202) — Persian poet
• 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
• Honorius III (1148–1227) — head of the Catholic Church from 1216 to 1227
• 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)
• Eugene III (1153–1200) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1145 to 1153
• 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
• Manuel I Komnenos (1118–1180) — Byzantine Emperor
• Attar of Nishapur (1145–1221) — Persian Sufi poet (c. 1145 – c. 1221)
• 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
• Saxo Grammaticus (1150–1206) — Danish historian
• 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
• Andronikos I Komnenos (1118–1185) — Byzantine emperor (1118–1185)
• Sancho I of Portugal (1154–1211) — King of Portugal (1185–1211)
• Ibn Tufayl (1110–1185) — Arab Muslim polymath (c. 1105–1185)
• Henry the Lion (1129–1195) — Welf dynasty, Duke of Saxony, as Henry III, and Duke of Bavaria, as Henry XII (1129-1195)
• Henry the Young King (1155–1183) — second of five sons of King Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine
• Abraham ibn Ezra (1092–1167) — 12th-century Sephardic rabbi and astrologer
• Alexios III Angelos (1153–1211) — Byzantine emperor
• William of Tyre (1130–1186) — medieval prelate and chronicler, archbishop of Tyre
• Alexios V Doukas (1140–1204) — Byzantine emperor
• Minamoto no Yoritomo (1147–1199) — 1st shogun of the Kamakura shogunate (1147–1199)
• Arnaut Daniel (1150–1210) — Occitan troubadour
• William the Lion (1142–1214) — King of Alba from 1165 to 1214
• Costanza I of Sicily (1154–1198) — Queen of Sicily
• Isaac II Angelos (1155–1204) — Byzantine emperor (1155-1204)
• Nur ad-Din (1118–1174) — Emir of Aleppo (1146–1174) and Damascus (1154–1174)
• Alfonso VIII of Castile (1155–1214) — King of Castile (1155-1214)
• 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)
• Muhammad of Ghor (1144–1206) — ruler of Ghurid Sultanate from 1173 to 1206
• Niketas Choniates (1155–1217) — Greek historian (1155-1217)
• Enrico Dandolo (1107–1205) — Doge of Venice (1107-1205)
• Pérotin (1155–1230) — French composer
• Alfonso II of Aragon (1157–1196) — Aragonese monarch (1157-1196)
• Valdemar I of Denmark (1131–1182) — King of Denmark
• Malcolm IV of Scotland (1141–1165) — King of Alba from 1153 to 1165
• Béla III of Hungary (1148–1196) — King of Hungary and Croatia from 1172 to 1196
• Ibn al-Athir (1160–1233) — Islamic historian, theologian and geographer (1160–1232/3)
• Héloïse d’Argenteuil (1101–1164) — 12th-century French nun, philosopher and writer
• Eric IX of Sweden (1120–1160) — 12th-century Swedish King and Saint
• Benjamin of Tudela (1130–1174) — Jewish explorer and writer
• Stephen III of Hungary (1147–1172) — King of Hungary and Croatia (1147-1172)
• Albert the Bear (1100–1170) — 1st Margrave of Brandenburg (1157-70)
• Andrey Bogolyubsky (1111–1174) — Russian Grand Prince
• Géza II of Hungary (1130–1162) — King of Hungary and Croatia (1130-1162)
• Qutb-ud-din Aibak (1150–1210) — founded of the Mamluk Dynasty (1150-1210)
• Fakhr al-Din al-Razi (1150–1210) — 12th-century Sunni Muslim theologian and philosopher
• 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
• Sibylla (1160–1190) — queen of Jerusalem (c.1160-1190) (r.1186-1190)
• 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 II of Sicily (1153–1189) — King of Sicily
• Stefan Nemanja (1114–1199) — Grand Prince of Serbia, founder of the Nemanjić dynasty
• Conrad of Montferrat (1146–1192) — 12th century Italian nobleman and major participant in the Third Crusade
• Geoffrey of Villehardouin (1148–1213) — knight and historian
• Sverre of Norway (1151–1202) — king of Norway
• Shihab al-Din Suhrawardi (1155–1191) — Persian philosopher and founder of the school of Illuminationism

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