People

25 historical figures

Era

All Eras Ancient Contemporary Early Modern Medieval Modern

Category

All influential weird famous

Kabir

Indian mystic poet

Medieval influential
210

Ibn Battuta

Greatest medieval traveler

Medieval influential
141

Geoffrey Chaucer

Canterbury Tales

Medieval influential
138

Pope Urban II

Launched the First Crusade

Medieval influential
136

Thomas Aquinas

Catholic philosopher and theologian

Medieval influential
134

Marco Polo

Explorer

Medieval influential
118

Muhammad

Prophet of Islam

Medieval influential
117

Maimonides

Jewish philosopher

Medieval influential
117

Richard the Lionheart

English king, Crusader

Medieval influential
110

Genghis Khan

Mongol Empire founder

Medieval influential
105

Rumi

Sufi poet and mystic

Medieval influential
84

Omar Khayyam

Poet, mathematician, astronomer

Medieval influential
83

Hafez

Persian poet

Medieval influential
70

Roger Bacon

Early advocate of scientific method

Medieval influential
65

Dante Alighieri

Divine Comedy

Medieval influential
60

Charlemagne

Holy Roman Emperor

Medieval influential
56

Saladin

Sultan, recaptured Jerusalem

Medieval influential
51

Avicenna (Ibn Sina)

Persian polymath, Canon of Medicine

Medieval influential
37

Li Bai

Chinese poet

Medieval influential
27

Du Fu

Chinese poet

Medieval influential
23