Who was alive in 1190?

602 well-known people were alive in 1190, including Genghis Khan, Saladin, Francis of Assisi. Here are the 80 most notable:

Genghis Khan (1162–1227) — founder and first khan of the Mongol Empire (1162–1227)
Saladin (1138–1193) — Sultan of Egypt and founder of the Ayyubid dynasty (1137–1193)
Francis of Assisi (1182–1226) — Italian Catholic saint, friar, deacon and preacher and founder of the Franciscan Order (1181/2–1226)
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)
Fibonacci (1170–1240) — Italian mathematician (c.1170–c.1240/50)
Richard I of England (1157–1199) — King of England from 1189 to 1199 (1157–1199)
Moshe ben Maimon (1138–1204) — Medieval Jewish philosopher from Spain (1135–1204)
Frederick Barbarossa (1122–1190) — Holy Roman Emperor from 1155 to 1190
Shota Rustaveli (1172–1216) — Georgian poet
Innocent III (1160–1216) — Head of the Catholic Church from 1198 to 1216
John, King of England (1166–1216) — King of England from 1199 to 1216
Nizami Ganjavi (1141–1202) — Persian poet
Ibn Arabi (1165–1240) — Sufi scholar and Sunni philosopher (1165–1240)
Gregory IX (1170–1241) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1227 to 1241
Ögedei Khan (1186–1241) — Khan of the Mongol Empire (c.1186-1241) (r. 1229-1241)
Snorri Sturluson (1179–1241) — Icelandic historian, poet and politician (AD 1179–1241)
Philip II of France (1165–1223) — King of France, and the first to be called by that title (1165–1223)
Urban III (1187–1200) — pope (1185–1187)
Honorius III (1148–1227) — head of the Catholic Church from 1216 to 1227
Saint Dominic (1170–1221) — founder of the Dominican Order (1170–1221)
Celestine III (1106–1198) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1191 to 1198
Eugene III (1153–1200) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1145 to 1153
Urban IV (1185–1264) — Head of the Catholic Church from 1261 to 1264 (1185–1264)
Clement III (1124–1191) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1188 to 1191
Clement IV (1190–1268) — Pope (1265-1268)
Louis VIII of France (1187–1226) — King of France 1223-1226 (1187–1226)
Attar of Nishapur (1145–1221) — Persian Sufi poet (c. 1145 – c. 1221)
Eleanor of Aquitaine (1124–1204) — Queen consort of France; Queen consort of England; suo jure Duchess of Aquitaine; patroness
Saxo Grammaticus (1150–1206) — Danish historian
Jochi (1182–1228) — military leader; eldest son of Genghis Khan
Chagatai Khan (1183–1242) — second son of Genghis Khan and Börte (1183–1242)
Tamar of Georgia (1166–1213) — Queen regnant of Georgia from 1184 to 1213
Walther von der Vogelweide (1170–1230) — German minstrel singer (c. 1170 – c. 1230)
Wolfram von Eschenbach (1170–1220) — German knight and poet (1170–1220)
Henry VI (1165–1197) — Holy Roman Emperor from 1191 to 1197
Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1175–1218) — Holy Roman Emperor from 1209 to 1218
Sancho I of Portugal (1154–1211) — King of Portugal (1185–1211)
Afonso II of Portugal (1185–1223) — King of Portugal
al-Jazari (1164–1206) — mathematician and engineer from Jazira, Artuqid State (1164–1206)
Alexios IV Angelos (1182–1204) — Byzantine emperor; (1192-1204)
Baldwin IV of Jerusalem (1161–) — King of Jerusalem (1161-1185) (r. 1174-1185)
Andrew II of Hungary (1176–1235) — King of Hungary (1175-1235)
Giovanni da Pian del Carpine (1182–1252) — Roman Catholic archbishop and traveller (1182–1252)
Henry the Lion (1129–1195) — Welf dynasty, Duke of Saxony, as Henry III, and Duke of Bavaria, as Henry XII (1129-1195)
Alexios III Angelos (1153–1211) — Byzantine emperor
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
Blanche of Castile (1188–1252) — Queen consort of France (1188–1252)
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)
Alfonso VIII of Castile (1155–1214) — King of Castile (1155-1214)
Subutai (1175–1248) — primary military strategist and general under Genghis Khan and Ögedei Khan
Yaqut al-Hamawi (1178–1229) — Arab bibliographer and geographer (1179–1229)
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)
Börte (1161–1230) — first wife of Genghis Khan
Saint Sava (1169–1235) — first archbishop of Serbs
Alfonso IX of León (1171–1230) — King of León and Galicia from 1188 to 1230
Theodore I Laskaris (1174–1221) — 13th-century emperor of Nicaea
Shams Tabrizi (1185–1248) — spiritual instructor of Mewlānā Rumi
Enrico Dandolo (1107–1205) — Doge of Venice (1107-1205)
Pérotin (1155–1230) — French composer
Alfonso II of Aragon (1157–1196) — Aragonese monarch (1157-1196)
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)
Robert Grosseteste (1168–1253) — English bishop and philosopher
Valdemar II of Denmark (1170–1241) — King of Denmark from 1202 to 1241
Baldwin I of Constantinople (1172–1205) — Latin Emperor of Constantinople (1172 - c.1205)
Philip of Swabia (1177–1208) — King of the Germans, Duke of Toscana and Swabia (February/March 1177 – 21 June 1208)
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
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)
Jayadeva (1170–1245) — 12th century Sanskrit poet, best known for the "Gita Govinda"
Emeric, King of Hungary (1174–1204) — Hungarian king (1174-1204)
Bernard de Ventadour (1140–1190) — 12th-century troubador

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